A welcome bit of rain at the start continued all through the race
© DAVID DALES
There aren’t many things you can buy these days for £35, and despite running supposedly being a cheap sport, prices of shoes and kit and race entries can mount up pretty quickly. So I was pleased when, for just £34.80, I entered myself into a marathon.
There are many good reasons why I chose Boston Marathon UK for my spring race this year besides the cheap entry fee, including the three months of giggles saying ‘I’m training for the Boston Marathon’. On a purely practical level, the race is flat, has a smaller field than the big city spring marathon (800 runners) and starts at 8am. The plan was to run fast, unhindered by hills or having to weave around too many other runners, and finish in time for lunch.
We lined up with a very relaxed start in the Market Square in Boston. It was a rainy Sunday morning, but a good number of spectators had come out to wave us off. The marathon is the first of four races to start and is followed by a 10K, a half marathon and a 5K all going off at 15-minute intervals. This staggering worked well for marathon runners as there’s nothing worse when you’re midway through a marathon than having those around you filter off for a shorter route.
The weather was a bit grim but the welcome was sunny
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