In October of 2021 a few of us ran the delayed 2021 Boston Marathon. It was a scaled down version of the race with half as many runners, a rolling start and limited pre-race activities. Race Report
This week we went back to run the 2022 Boston Marathon. The race was back on the usual date, Patriots Day, with the usual field of 30,000 runners. Interestingly, for the first time in a few years – everyone who applied and had a qualifying time got into the race. It may have been because it had only been 6 months since the last one, or it may have been because you had to be fully vaccinated in order to run. There was definitely some backlash on social media about the vaccination requirement, but we were all quite happy about it. Even though everyone got in, the qualifying field was fast. Most of…
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