WHY I RUN My Quest to Qualify for the Boston Marathon
We all have passions. I read somewhere “Having a passion is a wonderful gift because it gives you a sense of purpose, a direction and brings meaning to life. That you don’t get to choose your passions, they pick you”. Running found me at the end of a half marathon in 2015 – a close friend had signed up a bunch for us to run the Santa Cruz Half Marathon and I decided to give it a try. At the end of the race the 1h.42min finish looked terrific! We had done some cross country back in high school but that was nearly 25 yrs ago and although not exactly a couch potato – with less than 8 weeks of training I was a bit surprised myself at that finish time. My buddy suggested “hey run the Boston Marathon”. That night I found myself reading a Runners World article about Boston that described it as the world’s oldest and most prestigious marathon, one that was extremely difficult to qualify for. At the time I only knew of one person who had run Boston. Someone who is a mentor and