Boston Marathon: Ready, Set, Go!
As I’ve previously mentioned, the Boston Marathon will be run for the 112th time next Monday, April 21. When someone says they’re going to give a 26.2-mile marathon their best shot, the number slightly larger than 25 doesn’t quite do the actual length of the race justice. That’s why it helps a great deal to have a realistic image of what the Marathon Monday journey from Hopkinton to Boston proper is all about before the annual event begins.
If you’ve ever wondered what the Boston Marathon course is like, but have no desire whatsoever to run it yourself, a few tools are available right online to provide as close to a front-row seat to the event as you’ll get without showing up along the route on Monday.
Boston.com has an entire section devoted to the Boston Marathon, including a nifty interactive map and a high-speed video tour that shows the course in a speedy 4-plus minutes. Yet, my favorite Internet resource for getting the big picture of what completing the marathon entails is a 16½-minute video posted on YouTube with the utilitarian title Boston Marathon Course Video.
Check it out after the jump to see the Boston Marathon route as you’ve probably never seen it before unless you’ve completed it, and you don’t even have to worry about thousands of other participants and onlookers jockeying for a better position around you or watching you closely as you persevere through the grueling pain (that’s right — because they only make it look easy).
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