Greater New Bedford runners were few and far between in the Common Fence Point 5-miler in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, last Sunday, but Laurens Goff of Westport made it worth his while with a fifth place finish overall and a victory in the 40-49 age category. I’ll go as hard as I can, but I want to enjoy it. “Now I just hope to stay healthy for Boston. I finished 100th out of 800 runners in that race. I always try to run a good half-marathon in my marathon training. “Plus I ran a good half-marathon in Warren, Rhode Island in the July 4th weekend.
Getting in good running shape in the summer is tough around here. I knew what I needed to do to get it done. “I’m happy where I am now in my conditioning. “I was well prepared and the weather was good, 66 degrees and foggy,” said Harrison. That placed him third in the 70-74 age division at Frisco, which consisted of 24 die-hards. That’s a pace of 9:13 per mile, not bad for a 73-year-old geezer. He reached that with time to spare with a clocking of 4:01:37. He needed a time of 4:25 in San Francisco to qualify for Boston. (personal record) will be his goal in his next Boston Marathon, which will be his 30th marathon overall at age 74. “I was happy to finish those races, but I didn’t enjoy them like I did in the ones before that. Once again, he finished, but it was no fun. Harrison said it was the worst weather conditions he had ever encountered in a race, an observation shared by most of the runners that day. It was cold and wet, with a steady rain through the whole 26 miles. He managed to avoid a cold in this year’s race, but had to fight the worst weather conditions in the history of the race. As luck would have it, the 2017 race turned into another painful grind when he once again came down with a cold a few days before the race, resulting in another miserable run and staggering finish. Not to worry, he would make up for his slow time the following year, or so he thought. He accepted that as one of life’s little obstacles. It started with the 2016 marathon, which he ran with a bad cold. “I don’t know what it is about Boston, but something has gone wrong for me in those last three,” said Harrison. Call it the fickle finger of fate, or just bad luck. Not that he failed to finish those three marathons or ran poorly, but because he had to struggle to finish them through no fault of his own. That marathon, you see, qualified him for Boston’s 2019 marathon in April, where he hopes to erase the memory of his last three Boston Marathons. It will be his 10th Boston Marathon, but that’s not why he flew cross country to run the San Francisco Marathon last month. "If it's special early in the year, I think Monday - with us playing in a playoff game and obviously what's going on during the day - I can't even imagine the feelings of the people here.New Bedford marathoner Bill Harrison has cleared the final hurdle on his way to another shot at Boston. "I know it's different, but things happen for a reason, right?" Red Sox manager Alex Cora said.
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By luck of the schedule, they will be home on Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 4 of the AL Division Series (though at night). There will be different colors in the trees, as well: Instead of the springtime daffodils planted along the course since the 2013 bombing, runners will see the reds, oranges and yellows of the changing foliage.Īnd the Red Sox, who traditionally play a marathon-day matinee at Fenway Park, right near the "1 Mile To Go" marker in Kenmore Square, have obliged by reaching the baseball playoffs. The finishers medals are bigger - and golden - to commemorate the 125th edition of the race.
The rolling start also will spread things out on the course, giving them more room to run. The quick shuffle at the start will spare the runners the long wait - often hours of standing around - before they are herded into corrals for their starting wave to be called. Hannah Donnelly looks at the controversy surrounding the crossover with Indigenous People's Day, how Heartbreak Hill got its name, and who to watch for Monday when the gun goes off, including someone close to Hannah's heart. The Boston Marathon is Monday, the first time the iconic race is taking place in the fall.
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