Women's Olympic Marathon Trials

Yeah Blake! Congratulations on making it to the US Olympic Marathon team :-) We are so proud of you and were so excited to be in Boston to see you race. Amazing!

To sum it up, this was an awesome race to watch.

We got up at the crack of dawn and walked to the T from our friend Neal and Kendra's place. I knew it was going to be a cool day, when at 7:15 on a Sunday morning, the Green line was packed with people either in Boston Marathon jackets, running clothes or, like me, in jeans with running shoes. And the crowds only got bigger once we arrived at Hynes Convention Center. People were lining the street, cheering. It was pretty amazing to see all these people out supporting the 160+ women athletes who had qualified to run in the Trials.

The city of Boston, USA Track and Field, and the BAA put on a great race. The course was very spectator friendly. We saw the start and then managed to catch Blake and the rest of the pack another 7 times before the finish. The spectators, as I mentioned before, were amazing.

And the athletes... what can I say? To see these women racing together was spectacular. They were running some serious miles at a seriously fast pace. As a woman, it was incredibly inspiring to see all these women running at such a high level together, as well as to see the support the spectators were giving them. It was way way way cool. What more can I say?

You can watch the MSNBC video here. Snowman took some video and photos as we watched the race progress and I'll try to post them later.

Needless to say, it was a great day!