Boston Marathon activities

We hopped on the subway and went out to marathon mile marker 24 to wait for Kerri. Even though it was horrible weather conditions, we dressed for it and stood out and cheered for the runners.  I held my left hand out for those runners who wanted to 'high five' someone and you would be amazed of the number of runners who came over to 'high five' me.

There were people of all nationalities and all sizes.  If you look right in the center of the picture, you will see a "little" person.

In just to the left of center of this picture is Kerri. I thought she looked GREAT considering this is at mile marker 24.

Before we left the house to cheer on the runners, we donned the shirts Kristin made.  The shirts read "Team Kerri   #18831"  on the front, and "Behind every great Boston Marathoner is a family who cheers them on LOUDLY!!" on the back.

I had some ask me to post Kerri's results.  She completed the 26.2 mile course in 3 hours, 34 minutes, and 34 seconds.  I thought this was phenomenal due to the weather conditions and considering the elite runners were about 20-30 minutes behind their times from last year.  Kerri's normal time is around 3 hours and 21minutes.  She has qualified for the 2019 Boston Marathon.

If you ever wondered what the Boston Marathon medal looks like, here it is

Boston Marathon

We are in Boston for the weekend because my younger daughter, Kerri, qualified for the Boston Marathon.  While sometimes the weather can be very nice, historically, for the marathon, that is not the case this weekend. But, when dealing with outdoor sporting events, you have to play the hand you're dealt.

Since we got here on Saturday, we picked Kerri's family up at the airport and went to the runner's expo for Kerri to get her bib number and other goodies.  Bib number 18831.

Our older daughter, Kristin, wanted to come up and see her sister run the marathon, so after picking her up at the airport, we went to the 4 bedroom house Kerri rented in Louisburg Square on Beacon Hill because it is close to the finish line. We are on the second floor in this corner of the building straight ahead.

This view is looking up the street from our bay window.

Then here is a view of one of the many small streets.

We looked around the area, then went to the science museum after riding the Duck.

The science museum which was fantastic. Someone took our group picture for us.  For those of you who do not know,  from left to right is me, Bonnie, Jack, Kerri, Maggie, Kristin, and Patrick. 
By the way, the wording on the front of the shirts reads, "Kerri runs like a girl . . ." and on the back it reads ". . .  better keep up! Boston 2018.  #18831"

After the science museum, we took in some of the local flavors, this delicious lobster roll.

and of course Boston cream pie.

This morning, Monday, April 16th, Patrick and I took Kerri to catch a charter bus out to the finish line.  For those of you who may not know, the Boston Marathon is a point to point race that starts 26.2 miles out from downtown Boston and runs into the city.

After we dropped Kerri off at the charter bus, Patrick and I proceeded to look for a parking garage.  The first 3 we found were private garages.  Then we found one that was $45/day.  So, we kept on looking and thought we hit the jackpot when we found one that was just $30, but that was for 3 hours.  So, the $45/day place looked good enough to park for the day.

Kerri was expecting to finish with a respectable time, but the 35mph Nor’easters with gusts to 54mph and the torrential downpour is likely to crush her time.  She is not expecting to beat the Kenyans.