Boston 2018

My daughter Julie went with me to see me run.
We drove to Hopkinton and about 8:45 Julie left to go to Riverside and I got on the school bus to go to the runners village. It was raining lightly.
We got out at the runners village in a light rain. It got heavier. I tried to stand near the building since it was mud city. The rain was also coming off the roof. My hands were shaking before we left to go to the start. People were discarding clothes so I picked up a warm sweat shirt to wrap around my neck.
After using the porta-potty we left for the start, they let the blue and yellow wave go, so I walked up the hill and ran.
The first mile and a half I couldn't feel my legs, I knew I didn't have enough on. At mile 2 I took off my glasses and put them in my raincoat pocket. I think I put them back on in the Medical tent.
The wind blew right through me, especially when it downpoured. It wasn't so bad for the first 13 miles but then it kept up.
There was a volunteer in a wheelchair on the Newton hills  which kept me going. The hills were OK since I was running slow because of the weather.
At mile 22 I went into a porta-potty to wring out hat and gloves and wait for the downpour to let up. 4-5 minutes. I had used porta-potties earlier for what they were made for and wring out my stuff when it was dripping in my face. 20-30 mph winds, heavy rain, sleet and freezing rain did slow me down.
I average 25 miles/week so 26.2 is a long run.
Walked a little in last 4.2 miles but finished strong because I thought I could die from hypothermia.
I was shaking so after the finish that I excepted the request to go to the Medical tent.
It took 20 minutes to warm up until I felt warm was coming.
Julie brought clothes to the tent and I was warmer. But she couldn't come in.
They released me and I went to get food and find Julie. I went down the finish and turned to the Family meeting. Shaking already. I couldn't find A. Called Julie when I just couldn't go another step.
She found me and we made it to the T. Just missed next T to Riverside.
A young women gave me her seat on the T, I must have looked worse than I thought.
Julie drove home and I don't usually eat at McD's but we needed something, grilled chicken sandwich.
Home, dry!

Ready as I'm Going to Be...

My long runs for the past 4 weeks: 16.3, 11.1, 12.1 and 10.1. It is suppose to be cold and rainy so I will be OK as long as I take it slow, especially for the first 17 miles.
Hey, it's BOSTON! I'm going to have fun and run as well as I can run.