[Oe List ...] Boston Marathon

Tue Apr 17 19:12:12 EDT 2012

Thanks for the report, Herman. I ran Boston 13 times, starting 1983, and the warmest day I had to contend with was in the
middle 70s. I ran all those years as a fund raiser for Heifer Project International, as Team Heifer
from rainy Oregon,
   Bud Ames

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From: E B <marosel2000 at yahoo.com>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Tue, Apr 17, 2012 3:48 pm
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Thanks Del! Your comment made me laugh. I do admire people who have the courage to do crazy things. 
So, Herman, I bow and salute you. Congratulations too!
Elsa Batica
Bright and Sunny Minneapolis

From: Del Morril <delhmor at wamail.net>
To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' <oe at wedgeblade.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:21 PM
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You are definitely crazy Herman, but congratulations anyway!!!

From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Herman Greene
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:09 AM
To: ' Order Ecumenical Community'
Subject: [Oe List ...] Boston Marathon

I ran the Boston Marathon yesterday. The temperature reached 89 degrees, 153 people were treated at area hospitals, and 8 were in critical condition at some stage though no one died.

Here’s a testimony to the conditions:

“This was the toughest marathon I’ve ever run, and I’ve done 5 Ironmans, 3 Bostons and about 20 marathons,” said Mark Williams, 45, of Richmond , Va. He said his time was 30 minutes slower than six months ago. “It was brutal.”

I was able to keep running and I also finished about 30 minutes slower than I had hoped. It was a real mind trip. I didn’t really know what to do to sustain myself in the race. I had never run a marathon in those conditions before.

All in all though, it was marvelous. One of those crazy things we do for fun! 

Herman

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