I have never understood why the rest of the nation does not celebrate
"Patriots Day" as observed in Massachusetts. "W" coopted the name to
commemorate Sept 11, but truly the name belongs to the Mass. holiday. The
holiday commemorates the opening shot in the battle for American
independence, the battles at Lexington and Concord. The truly quirky
holiday in Boston is Evacuation Day. Look that one up. It occurs on March
17. Does that date sound familiar? It recognizes the evacuation of British
troops from Dorchester, ceding New England to the rebels.
jm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Sullivan" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:03 PM
Subject: OT - Boston Marathon
I went to school in Boston in the mid '60's.
In the spring there was this strange holiday - Patriot's Day,
that was celebrated nowhere else in the USA.
That day, they ran the Boston Marathon.
It was a quirky kind of local race.
The local news talked about heartbreak hill and the winners.
Running wasn't popular then, and
the marathon was one of one or two such races in the USA.
Foreign runners came to race for the prize money.
Things have changed now, with many races around the USA and
the Boston Marathon field capped at 25,000 runners.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
David Mann wrote:
On Feb 14, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Nope. I'd be doing 16-17 miles at this point if I were training for a
marathon. I may do one in the fall if I decide to run Boston next
spring.
If you haven't seen it already, I'd recommend seeing "Spirit of the
Marathon".
My movie recommendation in return is "Run for Your Life: The Fred
Lebow Story", about the founder of the NYC marathon. Fascinating
character!
I also recently read Kathrine Switzer's autobiography. Great book.
I'll get to meet her in a few weeks as she's speaking at the college
where I teach a week before the Boston Marathon in April.
I've run the half-marathon distance a couple of times recently. It
probably
wouldn't hurt as much if I stuck to the sealed footpath but I tend to run
on
the grassy riverbank. I need to get around to setting some proper goals as
it might get me to go out a bit more often...
I'm thinking of racing a half marathon in the spring.
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