Today's London Marathon... Tomorrow Boston

In today's 31st running of the London Marathon, with more than 35,000 participants, the course record for men was broken.  Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai came in at 2:04:39.  That's a 4:45 min/mile for 26.2 miles.  Can you imagine running like that?!  The top three in the men's race were all under 2:06 and all three were from Kenya. 

 On the women's side, another Kenyan, Mary Keitany, was first with a time of 2:19:17.  That's a 5:19 pace.  The top three women were all under 2:21. 

 What amazing athletes!  And what's really cool is... that when you participate in a big city marathon like London, or New York or Chicago or tomorrow's Boston, you get to run on the very same course that the elite athletes do.

I found this video on YouTube..  It takes you from start to finish of the Boston Marathon course in eight minutes...  driving (of course), and in fast motion.  As I watched it, and it went on and on, I remembered the times I ran it.  

Congratulations to all who ran London today!  And to all who will run Boston tomorrow, hope you have a great time!