In the car on the way to Hopkinton - the yellow bag is what you put all your stuff in that gets taken to Boston, and then you pick it up after the marathon.
One of the hundreds of buses to Hopkinton on the Mass Pike.
At James' house before the marathon.
This one's for you, Gary. For his generous donation, I agreed to run with New Zealand on me!
Other calf messages.
And BIXI on the back in honor of their generous donation!
The Cycle Kids team (minus a couple) just before leaving.
Hopkinton taken over.
One of the many crazy outfits.
Garbage bags to stay warm with, and then discard after the first mile.
The buses to drop off clothing bags in. craziness! you drop them off and then walk about 3/4 mile to the start.
My favorite throw-away jacket. 80's vintage by my Cycle Kids teammate Lore.
sweet
Helicopters televising the beginning of the race. Cloudy and cool skies.
The elite men's start (photo courtesy of Mark Pachucki)
Rich and I near the start.
General picture at Wellesley.
Sopheap and Colin in Wellesley!
Nurit, Sopheap and Colin waiting for me in Wellesley. So awesome.
Molly and Vivian at Cleveland Circle!
The family meeting place downtown. What a zoo.
The parade of silver capes.
The blessed buses with my warm stuff immediately after the marathon.
Here I am immediately after the marathon.
Reunited with Nurit.
Very happy to be watching other people suffer after I'm done. I mean... so exciting to watch everyone finish!
On the bike to go home.
Betsy, MC, Ali and Jen, celebrating afterwards. I did see this sign that Jen was holding near Coolidge Corner!
Ali, Shelly and Sara celebrating.
And, here is us with Brett and Aviva. Brett came straight out from finishing his first marathon.
Ali and Olivia celebrating.
This is a funny photo. Trying to be dramatic.
Mmmmmm.
Back Bay Boston Blooming.
