ENGLISH I did it!!!
What an amazing experience!!!
From the Marathon Expo at the Heynes Convention Center until the post race party, the organization was simply perfect.
I spent the 3 days prior to the race doing some shopping around the city, visiting the Cambridge area and, of course, assisting at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials – Women’s Marathon.
The Marathon Expo has been voted the “best marathon expo” in the U.S. and definitely it is!!!
Even if was my first U.S. marathon, I found it was really impressive. Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Brooks, Saucony, New Balance, Spira and many others were there. I had first to pass through the bib number pick up area, then try my Boston Marathon t-shirt size, pick it up and enter the Expo area.
You can find some pictures in the slide show below.
Regarding shopping, in Boston and Cambridge I found some interesting stores to buy sporting goods and other particular things. My favourite was Bodega, a sneakers shop really hard to find even if you are in front of the right location! Here you have a short list:
2008 U.S. Olympic Trials – Women’s Marathon. On Sunday 20th, I woke up early and went to Cambridge by tube. I prepared my photo tools near the 5/11/17/23 miles marker and then I waited for the athletes. Being a multi-loop course in the city (see the course map on the top of the post), I had the chance to watch then for 4 times, trying to understand the race dynamics. After the first lap, led by Magdalena Lewy-Boulet with a 2 minutes margin on the followers, the race became really thrilling. The strongest U.S. marathon runner, Deena Kastor, started to going faster than the others and then, lap by lap, she reduced the distance from Lewy-Boulet. During the last lap, she finally took the head of the course and won the trials!!! Looking at the mile split here below to have a taste of her incredible race!
What an amazing experience!!!
From the Marathon Expo at the Heynes Convention Center until the post race party, the organization was simply perfect.
I spent the 3 days prior to the race doing some shopping around the city, visiting the Cambridge area and, of course, assisting at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials – Women’s Marathon.
The Marathon Expo has been voted the “best marathon expo” in the U.S. and definitely it is!!!
Even if was my first U.S. marathon, I found it was really impressive. Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Brooks, Saucony, New Balance, Spira and many others were there. I had first to pass through the bib number pick up area, then try my Boston Marathon t-shirt size, pick it up and enter the Expo area.
You can find some pictures in the slide show below.
Regarding shopping, in Boston and Cambridge I found some interesting stores to buy sporting goods and other particular things. My favourite was Bodega, a sneakers shop really hard to find even if you are in front of the right location! Here you have a short list:
2008 U.S. Olympic Trials – Women’s Marathon. On Sunday 20th, I woke up early and went to Cambridge by tube. I prepared my photo tools near the 5/11/17/23 miles marker and then I waited for the athletes. Being a multi-loop course in the city (see the course map on the top of the post), I had the chance to watch then for 4 times, trying to understand the race dynamics. After the first lap, led by Magdalena Lewy-Boulet with a 2 minutes margin on the followers, the race became really thrilling. The strongest U.S. marathon runner, Deena Kastor, started to going faster than the others and then, lap by lap, she reduced the distance from Lewy-Boulet. During the last lap, she finally took the head of the course and won the trials!!! Looking at the mile split here below to have a taste of her incredible race!
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