Today, I was watching the end of the Boston Marathon.  The women were two miles away from the finish line, and Kara Goucher was in front.  The pack was right with her, so I knew she didn't have a lock on it.  

Just at this critical moment (dont' they know I have things to do?), a student came in to meet with me.  The student left just in time for me to catch the crazy final moments of the race.  Salina Kosgei and Dire Tune swapped leads back and forth until finally Kosgei beat Tune by ONE SECOND.  That's crazy.  Dire Tune took two steps over the finish line and collapsed.  She's okay, evidently, but she certainly gave her all.  It's amazing that you can run for two hours and thirty-two minutes, and then have it all come down to a one second difference.

Eight seconds later, Kara Goucher finished her race in third place.  With Ryan Hall also finishing second, this made it a relatively good day for the Americans.  Kara was leading the pack for several miles at the end.  It would drive me nuts to do that and then end up in third.

I don't know that I will ever run a marathon.  I liked the half-marathon distance, and I would like to do another one of those.  If I do a marathon at all, it might be in 2014, when the days fall such that  I can do it on my birthday.  I'll be 43 that year.  I have a few years to think about it.