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And the other ten percent?

Dave McGillivray, race director of the Boston Marathon and, this year, the Olympic Trials Women’s Marathon, is interviewed today on runnersworld.com. Talking about the Trials course which crosses the Charles on Massachusetts Avenue (the “Smoot bridge”), he says,

…I’ve run over that bridge and on Memorial Drive over 1,000 times. Eighty percent of the time, it’s the most enjoyable run I have all year. And then ten percent of the time, it can be windy.

I guess what Dave’s not saying is that the other ten percent of the time, it’s driving snow in his face.

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Posted by pjm on February 20, 2008 9:24 AM |

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I had a very memorable run over that bridge with a bunch of Tufts runners last year. Actually, it was the day before the Boston Marathon (like the Trials will be) and we had a horrible driving wind in our faces. I’ve encountered horrible wind on that bridge, but this was so bad that you had to laugh to avoid crying.

Posted by: alison | February 20, 2008 10:16 AM

Oops, I meant driving rain, not wind.

Posted by: Alison | February 20, 2008 10:36 AM

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