BostonBound59

This will be my final post on this year’s Boston Marathon. I will however try to continue posting over the Spring and Summer so stay tuned. Overall, I was happy with my race (274th out of 1826 in my age division) and was extremely lucky to have run essentially injury free for 13 straight months. I ran every day but four between January 1 through race day on April 20 and just a little more than a year ago never imagined that another Boston was even remotely possible. My race pales in comparison to many other friends who ran Boston (see below) most notably my wife Cathy who finished in 3:11:59 placing her 4th overall in her age division. She ran close to Nancy Corsaro (3:06-2:40 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials) and in front of Brenda Walton of Tennessee, who competed in the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials. Below is a list of some New Hampshire running friends—please forgive me if I left you out—if I did, email me and I’ll add you :

John Stanzel, Manchester (2:58:38) John is a lawyer friend who has only been running a few years—his 1st Boston

Mike Wright, Milford (2:59:42) Mike is the Milford H.S. and Gate City Strider youth coach

Steve Piper, Hollis (3:15:32) Steve underwent surgery in 2008 yet comes back at age 54 to run a 9 minute PR)

Karen Long, Nashua (3:17:11) a Strider and top masters runner, Karen runs an 11 minute Boston PR.

Mike Craig, Manchester (3:21: 57) a Manchester lawyer and John Stanzel’s cousin—we all did a brutal early March 22 miler on the hills of Mont Vernon where they left me in the dust.

Rick Collopy, Durham (3:29:16) Rick’s first Boston, he is a Flash coach and my October 2008 Steamtown travel and Boston qualifying companion.

Jim Belanger, Nashua (3:35:51) See Jim’s picture above—his 15th and final Boston—we ran together the first few miles

Yuki Chorney, Mont Vernon (3:39:36) Yuki ran a qualifying time for next year

Jennifer Rood , Manchester (3:44:48) Another NH lawyer friend and our Flash youth girls coach—due to a serious back injury forced to train most of the winter in the pool and on the elliptical machine—yet easily breaks 4 hours. Was top NH Woman in 1991.

Paul Joyce, Milford (3:49:51) Paul is the Milford Track Coach and multi year Boston participant—a Boston PR for him)

Janice Platt, Amherst (3:52:01) The Granite State Flash Program director as well as a talented runner and coach

Dave Contrada, Nashua (3:52:01) Dave wins the Purple Heart Award-He finishes Boston despite being tripped, landing on his face yet gets up to run the next 13 miles covered with blood & with two black eyes

Mark Sage, Hollis (3:56:10) On the Strider E-board—an organizer of the Hollis Saturday morning running group

Shu Minami, Mont Vernon (4:12:19) Shu is Yuki’s dad turned and 70 this year.

Dave Salvas, Amherst (4:35:12) Dave is a Striders and Team in Training Coach who ran 8 marathons over the last year

Dan Dugan, Nashua (4:44:36) A Strider E-board member, organizer of the Strider Bus and a talented runner-he ran 3:39 at the 2008 Baystate and is already training on the McMillan Plan for Boston 2010—where I predict he will be sub 3:30

Jim Callahan, Sharon (5:33:26) Jim is my former law partner at Sullivan & Gregg- He ran the Antarctica Marathon earlier this year—finished Boston despite becoming sick at the halfway mark