As I’m sure many of you watched live (some of you maybe even in-person), this year’s Boston Marathon was a wild one. I mean damn. Rather than attempting some sort of coherent write up at the end of the race, I kept a minute-by-minute (and hopefully still coherent) log of my thoughts throughout the race.
Enjoy!
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9:48 — Des!
10:23 — Thinking about armwrestling Marcel Hug and wondering if he would completely break my wrist or just destroy a few tendons
10:25 — Keep singing “Hendrik Pfeiffer that white gold” to myself in a terrible Bruno Mars voice; shout out to working from home I guess
10:37 — Never been a huge Clayton Young guy but I gotta respect the highfive-maxxing. Get this man in a spirit tunnel!!
10:41 — Eden Rainbow-Cooper would definitely break my wrist. She wouldn’t mean to, but she would. Good for her!
10:42 — Dakotah!!!
10:45 — Citius just mentioned that Korir runs 160+ miles a week and I’m just sort of sitting with that
10:48 — OK king!
10:50 — Guy holding up a “FREE BEER” sign behind the women’s race… needless to say I’m interested
10:53 — Always love watching the carnage at the bottle grab. The only hand-eye skill in distance running…half these folks wouldn’t even be running if they had that kinda coordination!
10:55 — Women around the halfway mark; Dakotah Popehn smiling like she’s got a secret, Sarah Hall grinning like she sees Valhalla up ahead. Gonna be a helluva second half
11:02 — Haven’t thought about Charles Hicks in a while but he might be out to make me regret it
11:10 — ………heeeeeere’s Johnny!
11:12 — Mengesha, passed, now sheds one armsleeve, but only the one. I don’t know why I’m so fascinated by this, but I am.
11:14 — FRIS-BIE! FRIS-BIE! FRIS-BIE!
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| Annie Frisbie, Boston 2026 |
11:16 — Korir takes a leaf out of Clayton’s book, been a great race for five-maxxing
11:17 — Meanwhile, Frisbie takes a leaf out of Mengesha’s book (not to mention Michael Jackson), removing one glove (just the one). GREAT race for asymmetrical accessorizing
11:24 — Frisbie caught by a whole pack of two-glovers… hate to see it
11:26 — No way John Korir’s getting caught. Big day for 11-minute-milers everywhere (me this morning)
11:30 — The one-glove-wonder is holding strong. Sad Popehn’s fallen off the front pack, but nevertheless I soldier on
11:35 — Jess McClain!!
11:36 — Sharon Lokedi looks half asleep, checking her watch like she’s waiting to turn on the afterburners…
11:39 — Mid-pack wheelchair racer waving at the camera while Korir’s 400m from a new record… I wanna buy you a beer
11:40 — 2:01??? At Boston?????????????
11:41 — ?????????????
11:41 — Kipruto outkicked for 2nd but remembers to stop his watch at the line… who’s the real winner?
11:42 — re: Lokedi: THE AFTERBURNERS ARE ON
11:42 — Charles Hicks you son-of-a-gun
11:44 — KLECKER WITH A 2:05
11:49 — Lokedi boggles the mind
11:52 — Korir kept both armsleeves, Lokedi both gloves, but their asymmetrical rivals still have a hold my heart
11:55 — WAIT NOW LOKEDI’S ONE-SLEEVING
11:56 — aw heck never mind
11:56 — But with a 4:36 mile I’m not gonna question anything Sharon Lokedi does
11:57 — WHAT IS HAPPENING
11:59 — Lokedi is only just starting to look like she’s trying lol
12:05 — Shout out to this poor guy, already having a rough day, almost getting passed at the finish by Sharon Lokedi doing one of the coolest things we’ve seen in years.
12:07 — 2:18 my goodness
12:08 — JESS MCCLAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
12:09 — …AND STOPS HER WATCH AT THE LINE
12:10 — Frisbie might not’ve had quite the second half she wanted but I gotta respect one-gloving it to the finish
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… I’m gonna cut it there. If you made it through this whole damn post, I wanna hear your personal highlights. Drop a comment below, whydontcha?
Anyway, that was wild. If you see me on my run tomorrow, I will be wearing one glove. Just the one.
felt cute
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