BAA announced today that there will be no cut off for the 2022 Boston Marathon. Prior to this, I wasn’t confident that my 2:15 min cushion was good enough to run next year’s race, but looks like I’ve been given a chance to redeem my performance at the 2021 Boston Marathon. Back to training next … Continue reading 0:00
Category: Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon 2021
This race will go down in history as the “running injured” race. I had no business starting the race given my Achilles pain that began the day before. This is an old injury that I had failed to take care of during training. Tight calf muscles led to Achilles pain. Sometimes the heart takes over … Continue reading Boston Marathon 2021
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That’s the 2021 Boston Marathon cutoff, the amount of time needed under the respective qualifying times in order to enter into the in-person race this October. This is the biggest cutoff ever, due to the much smaller field size. In prior years, BAA took around 26k qualified runners, but due to COVID concerns this year, … Continue reading 7:47
Back To The Old Haunt
It’s been a year since I last ran. Suffering from burnout from running and non stop training for the last 8 years, I was toying with the idea of giving myself a break from running. Back in April of 2020, the California State Parks (including my training ground) closed due to the pandemic, and that … Continue reading Back To The Old Haunt
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