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To my family and friends who are going to track me during Boston Marathon:
Thank you all for prayers, encouragement, guidance, support, and love during this special marathon journey. Regarding to my 1st Boston Marathon, my foremost goal is to enjoy this special experience, then, to re-validate my “elite” status as one of my coaches suggested:-). I cannot help but to smile when I read Coach Scott’s expectation for me (of course, he was joking).
I haven't mastered the art of "negative splits" and had all my races with undesired positive splits, which means that I run fast at beginning and slow down late on. So, don't be excited for me if you "see" me to run fast at the beginning of Boston Marathon. By the same token, don't worry for me if you "see" me to fade late on. By God's grace, I shall finish the race within its time limit (6 hours), and hopefully qualify for Boston Marathon again (within 4 hours for my age group).
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I haven't mastered the art of "negative splits" and had all my races with undesired positive splits, which means that I run fast at beginning and slow down late on. So, don't be excited for me if you "see" me to run fast at the beginning of Boston Marathon. By the same token, don't worry for me if you "see" me to fade late on. By God's grace, I shall finish the race within its time limit (6 hours), and hopefully qualify for Boston Marathon again (within 4 hours for my age group).
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To other Boston Marathon runners:
I have been monitoring Boston weather frequently those days, but have never occurred to me to check the weather in Hopkinton, the start city/town of the marathon. I just received the following email from one of my coaches. Hope it will serve as a reminder to you, too. Have fun and best of luck to all runners.
“……the weather for Monday looks really good for the race. HOWEVER current forecast for Hopkinton on Monday is mid-30s during the early morning, with a breeze. We will be there for 2-3 hrs before the start of the race, and we are OUTSIDE. As you know, we cannot take blankets, sleeping bags, etc. out to Hopkinton like we have in the past. You are limited mainly to the clothes that you wear, plus your race gear underneath. Dress for 30deg weather on Monday morning!! And plan to leave the extra clothes at Hopkinton when you go to the start……”
我也非常喜歡佛羅倫薩，在第一次意大利之行就包括了這座城市。你的細膩描述仿佛使我舊地重遊，謝謝你的分享。然而，我最感動和感慨的是寶貝安娜的聰慧、善良、愛心、靈氣、和悟性。她已經是一位亭亭玉立的少女了。為她感到驕傲！為你感到驕傲！給寶貝安娜獻上遲到的生日祝福，也給你獻上遲到的母親節祝福！
愛你們！祝周末愉快！
我回家後上照片與朋友們分享。再次謝謝你們！
Best of luck and enjoy every moment of the race!!!
來自羅馬城，梵蒂岡最美好的祝福，複活節快樂！