I had time to fill and I had a desire to be active. I travel a lot for work and that makes it difficult to do a lot of things. With running you can take your stuff with you pretty easily. |
The big thing about Boston is there are qualifying times before being accepted. That gives it an elite aspect. There is the tradition and if you're involved in any sports activity that gives it a special aura. It's not the biggest or the fastest, it just has that aura about it. You want to run a good race and do right by the event and yourself. |
The conversations involve catching up on the news of the day and other times it's just general chatting. A lot of our discussions are about convincing each other to go into the next event or how we can convince other people into it. |