The 116th Boston Marathon of 2012 – I hope to run Boston before I die.

The oldest marathon in US history, the first marathon established in the United States in 1897 inspired by the 1896 Summer Olympics. It is the World Series of road races for marathoners the world over. You hear and even see references to the Boston Marathon in movies and TV Shows. Wildcats starring Goldie Hawn, makes a point to a whole football team, you will not break me, because I ran The Boston Marathon…Twice. That is a statement of will, strength and power. As a new runner, when someone says “See her over there, she ran the Boston Marathon.” I am in awe of that person, not because he/she ran a marathon, but they ran the Boston. You have to qualify to get into this race and that means you must be fast, you must have will, determination, strength and power. 

I have never been a sports spectator; I enjoy being in a game, rather than watching it. Football, give me the ball I will run for a touchdown; Baseball, give me a bat and I will swing for a homerun; Soccer, put me in the goal and I will stop that ball from entering. But watching sports on TV I have better things to do with my time. Then I discovered running and I have become fascinated with watching other runners and how they run, their stride, gate, how they hold their arms, swing their arms, everything they do to be fast and efficient. I found myself scouring the cable networks looking for running shows, races, anything showing running. Then I found Universal Sports TV, they show marathons, the big ones. Boston, London, New York…etc. repeats of past races and then live ones too. I have recorded several, wanting to immerse myself in the sport and learn as much as I can to help make myself a better runner. I love the thrill of it, I now enjoy watching these races I don’t know why but I do. I found myself yelling for the two leaders in the 2011 Boston race to push themselves to win, knowing that they couldn’t hear me, it’s TV and it’s a year old race. Hello!?! But I was in the thrill of the race, it was awesome.

I have a bucket list of Marathons I want to run. My plan is simple, run half marathons until I get all my weight off, then get faster and build my endurance. I want to do my first Marathon at Disney like I did my first half then go from there. Boston is on my list, of course, as it should be on every runners list. I don’t know if I will ever be fast enough to get to Boston, but I am going to try and give it my all to attempt qualifying. I know I have the will, determination, strength and power, I beat heart disease and that takes all of those traits. Being fast is another issue, but I will give it my all until I am told otherwise.

Congratulations to all the runners today in the 116^th Boston Marathon you are all winners!