I have been waiting for this day since March. In March I ran 3:30:14 at the Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach, VA. That qualified me for the 2009 Boston Marathon when I will be 45 years old. I needed to run at least 3:30:59. So I qualified by 45 seconds. I would have finished a minute or two earlier if not for a nasty side stitch at mile 23. But I qualified!
I already have a hotel room booked (geez, those Boston hotels are expensive). But I had to wait until today for the registration for the Boston Marathon to open. It opened this morning at 9am. By 9:10 I had completed my registration. I won’t get an acceptance notification until October though. I don’t know why I wouldn’t be accepted though.
I have some friends from the Las Vegas Marathon club that I belong to that have already registered for the Boston Marathon as well. It will be good to see them, though I may not see much of them during the race as we all run at different paces. But it will be fun anyway.

Posted by Rob in Whatever on September 3rd, 2008 |