Tag Archives: Boston Marathon

How to Run Boston (also, How Most People Get Broken at Boston)

Posted on 04/12/2012 by Caleb M.

I know that everyone who reads this post that is running the Boston Marathon on Monday has already spent more time than they would care to admit obsessing about the course profile.  You’ve probably spent a lot of time focusing on Heartbreak Hill, and in your dreams (if you are running your first Boston), you imagine getting to the base of it and seeing it stretch endlessly beyond the horizon.  But Boston requires your focus at a lot of different … Continue reading →

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Keeping Boston “small” through storytelling
An interview with Bart Yasso

Posted on 04/14/2011 by Kathy S.

I want to be able to say that Bart Yasso and I go back many years because that’s what it felt like to interview him. Truth is, we’ve met once at a dinner for the Steps Foundation, beyond that, I’ve seen his photos and read his book (along with thousands of other runners). I’m lucky that Bart is so in touch with the running community, it makes it easy to be inspired by his stories. If life were a gauntlet, … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Beverly on the Boston Marathon

Posted on 04/13/2011 by Ann B.

Jonathan Beverly, the Editor-in-Chief at Running Times, ran his first marathon when he was sixteen. But it wasn’t until he ran Boston that he felt like he had arrived. “You spend your adolescence wanting to be a part of the in crowd,” Beverly said, “Boston is like that. Standing there on race morning I remember thinking, I have arrived. I exist. I count.” Qualifying alone brings tears to a runner’s eyes, but actually standing there on race morning, surrounded by … Continue reading →

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Chatting with a champion: Q&A with Amby Burfoot

Posted on 04/13/2011 by Kathy S.

When I started running I picked up this book called The Principles of Running. I enjoyed the sport, but since all my friends questioned my sanity, I decided I should read up. The book was more of a page turner for me than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was, and before I knew it I was tearing up with inspiration. I though, “this guy Amby knows his stuff!” Soon after that I was entered in my first marathon, with … Continue reading →

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Boston Marathon responds to registration worries

Posted on 04/13/2011 by Kathy S

Reposted It’s all abuzz in the running community this morning, the Boston Athletic Association will be changing their registration process and eventually making changes to their qualifying times. Over the past two years, the Boston Marathon has sold out, this year in a number of hours. In 2012, the BAA will institute rolling admission for qualifiers with the fastest runners being allowed to enter first. The field will be filled with the fastest of all qualifiers. Then, in 2013, the … Continue reading →

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Run/Walk/Run the Boston Marathon: an interview with Jeff Galloway

Posted on 04/12/2011 by Ann B.

Jeff Galloway considered my question a minute then answered as though thinking out loud. “Boston is as close to an Olympic experience as most people will ever get.” He hesitated a second longer and added more forcefully, “and it is pretty darn close.” As an Olympic athlete, Galloway knows what it feels like to focus on a goal, achieve the means to get there through the Olympic Trials in his case and a qualifying marathon time for the Boston Marathoners. … Continue reading →

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What to expect when you’re expecting to run the Boston Marathon

Posted on 04/11/2011 by Mike N

From the moment a marathoner is born (and often before), Boston looms on the checklist of potential accomplishments. But Boston is an intimidating marathon. First you have to qualify, then you have to get there, then you have to run 26.2 miles! To the non runner, finishing the Boston Marathon sounds like an idiot’s game rather than an accomplished distance runner. But for us runners, Boston is something to work towards, to celebrate, to remember, and to feel inspired by. … Continue reading →

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It’s Boston Week!

Posted on 04/11/2011 by Kathy S.

As many of you already know, the Boston Marathon 2011 is around the corner. Boston is one of those races that is on almost every marathoners tick list. The world outside of running recognizes it and In celebration, we’ve dedicated a week of amazing posts to the historic and famous marathon. The line up is pretty incredible. We’re kicking off the week with interviews from Jeff Galloway, Jonathan Beverly, Bart Yasso, and Amby Burfoot, to name a few. If you … Continue reading →

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Race Nutrition Tips from 3 Boston Qualifiers

Posted on 04/24/2010 by Peter L.

Last weekend we presented you with the shoe choices of three dailymilers who would be running the Boston Marathon. Well, the results are in, and Caleb, Steve, and Chaz all ran sub 3-hour times in Boston! A fellow dailymiler asked if we could put a post together on how these three speedsters handle race nutrition (thanks for the suggestion Brendan M.!), and we were happy to oblige. So here again, in their own words, is how Caleb, Steve, and Chaz … Continue reading →

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Boston Marathon Shoe Choices

Posted on 04/19/2010 by Peter L.

Runners usually have very strong feelings about their shoes. Some of us find a pair that we like and stick with it through thick and thin, whereas others of us tend to “shoe around,” feeling the need to try out the latest and greatest offering from our favorite manufacturers. There’s perhaps no greater honor that a runner can bestow upon a shoe than to choose to wear it in a marathon – it’s a recognition that the shoe has passed … Continue reading →

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