Conference 7.286::sports_90

    Yeah, me too.  And, since JoJ is on the road, CONGRATS to all the
    SPORTS entries.  To me, it doesn't matter if or how well you finish,
    but that you at least tried.
    
    Lee

    So, I know I'm running, and the Dinz, and Bob McCullough - anyone
    else?  Spud isn't I know that.   A lot of DEC folks who aren't 
    SPORTS noters will be running, many wearing the DIGITAL logo emblazoned
    across their heaving busoms - give em encouragment!
    
    JD

    
    there must be a party in this somewhere? let see runners in boston,
    folks going to the game anyone got any ideas on a meeting place?
    
    mike

    Slasher sent me a message saying that the DiNZ wants him to look for
    him in front of the Pru aftered the game.  However, the Slash man said
    that he wants to be home before midnight.......  :-)
    
    And JD, there ain't no way that I'm gonna look for the Digital logo
    emblazoned on some runner's chests.  If I'm gonna look at chests, I'm
    gonna look for some emblazoned hooters......  :-)
    
    H�wk

Good luck men and ladies...

I will be lifting some brews in your honor, and without your honor
and off her and on her, just in case, hope this helps, congrats, no
flies on you, BLAM BLAM BLAM, run your a__ off...

Chainsaw

If Dinz Run's as well as he types, he will need an EMT in the first 3 blocks!!!
;^)

Good luck dinz....

Monty

I'll run if /Don runs.  Any post-marathon bashes?

    Does anybody know a good spot to watch the Marathon from?  I want to
    take some photographs.  Also, what would be a good time to get there.
    
    Thanks
    Sameer

    I'd look for you dudes and dudettes if I knew what any of you looked
    like!
    
    re: -1
    
    Anyplace on the course is good to watch, but if you want to see the
    race after the pack thins out, but before the agony starts, anyplace
    on rt. 16 in Wellesley or rt. 30 in Newton is good.
    
    Good luck Dinz, JD, anyone else running.
    
    =Bob=

    < Note 209.9 by FAB2NI::MITHAL "CBS- Rather Biased" >


>    Does anybody know a good spot to watch the Marathon from?  I want to
>    take some photographs.  Also, what would be a good time to get there.

    Yeah, Chestnut Hill, with all of JDs buddies who'll be tailgating
    and enjoying brie and White Zinfandel.
    
    Mark.

Actually, I found out from a friend who's a runner, the "secret"
to running the Boston Marathon (if you're a guy) is to train to
run EXACTLY 13 miles.

After 13 miles, naturally, you will collapse.  But, the neat part is
that you are collapsing in the middle of Wellesley College, with
all those wonderful coeds to nurse you back to health.....

Chainsaw_who's_working_on_13...

    
    Is it it true  that the  wellesley girls pat the guy runners on
    the ole buttskie, if true, that will get me through heartbreak.
    
    ha
    
    
    dinz
    

    Best of luck everybody, looking forward to seeing some success stories
    in here next week....unfortunately, I won't be there this year to see
    it live and in person.
    
    One of my favorite things to do while watching the Marathon is to bring
    the complete entry list from Sunday's Boston Globe with me to the race,
    check the number of an approaching runner against the list, then cheer
    him/her by his/her first name....about 2/3rds of the runners get a big
    kick out of it, the other 1/3 look at me like "Who the #$$# are you?".
    
    (BTW, Rosa Mota officially entered yesterday.)
    
    
    py

    	I told you before Jeff, I'm built for speed over short distances
    not long distances.  For instance my time from the finish line to the
    betting windows at Hinsdale is world class.
    
    				/Don

    Mark,
    
    Brutal, Juice - but funny.
    
    RE Paul,
    
    Last year, I had a friend taking Japanese, so we learned a couple
    of Japanese phrases - there was a large Japanese contingent and
    whenever one came, we'd start chanting in Japanese - one guy almost
    came to a complete stop with a look of disbelief on his face.  
    
    A few year's before that, a lot of Swedish runners were coming over,
    so we learned a few Swedish phrases - again, it was a real kick.
    
    JD

    .9
    
    I grew up off rt 16 near the Newton-Wellesley border and can vouch
    for that as being a good place to take pictures.  Across from the
    Pillar House Restaurant is a set of yellow apartment buildings on a 
    little hill.  You can get some really good pictures from there.
    It is the part of 16 that is just before the overpass above rt 128.
    There's always a lively crowd in the area because Wellesley is a 'dry'
    town and the liquor store that services most of Wellesley is right
    there.
    
    re - Dinz,
    
       It's true.  And if you are really tired they might take you back
    to lake Waban for a refresher....  I can see you right now after
    getting pinched by a Wellsley co-ed
    
    	"Whose hand was that?  Whose hand was that!!"  "I'm not angry,
    	just curious..."
    
    Jeff

    
    well i tell ya jeff, i am definitely pysched to run through wellesley
    
    dinz
    

    Dinz stops in Wellesley, film at 6 and 11...
    
    Good luck to all...
    
    -Walt

    
    good luck to all runners.. maybe i will see some familiar  faces
    
    out there.. happy easter to all
    
    
    dinz
    
    
    

>COBRA::DINSMORE "Did ya see Deidre in sports plus? baby!

	Dinz, it says Diedre ran Boston in 4:28:30 last year at Boston. That's
about a 10:15 min/mile pace, just in case you were interested!!! :-)


Good Luck to Dinz, JD, Bob.... and all the other DEC Runners!!!

JimH

    Any word on how the DEC contingent did in yesterday's marathon?
    
    
    py

I haven't heard anything yet.  It was a great day for running, and though
I hung around at the line for awhile I didn't see anyone I knew.

It was probably a good day for some good times....

'Saw

Looked for JD from about the 1:45 mark until around the 2:50 pace and no signs. 
Perhaps he was running with Hussein ;^).

j.

Jeff --

If you were still wearing that beach ball on your haid, then he
probably saw you first, and hid behind someone so no one would think
he knew you ;^)

Either that or he found Diedre and decided there were more important
things than running.....8^0

'Saw

    First of the DEC contingent reporting here!
    
    Yesterday proved to be a great day for WATCHING, but too hot and
    dry for running.  I made it through the first half in 1:24, which was
    where I hoped to be, but shortly thereafter entered the world of pain.  My
    goal of 2:50 went bye-bye, and I hung on for 2:58.
    
    I saw JD in the first mile, but not after that.  I haven't spoken to
    him today, but a friend of mine who ran with him says they both spent
    some time walking on heartbreak hill.  My friend ran a 3:35, and JD was
    probably a little ahead of him.
    
    I saw a couple of DEC guys, Tim Blouin and Roger Nasatka who were both
    in the 2:40s.  That was the best DECie times I heard of.
    
    =Bob=

Congrats Bob --

My hat is off to you.  The shape I'm in now I don't know if I could
walk 26.2, let alone run them.....

'Saw

>>My hat is off to you.  The shape I'm in now I don't know if I could
>>walk 26.2, let alone run them.....

Don't be modest, 'saw.  We saw you complete the triathlon yesterday.  You
probably ran 30 miles back and forth from the seat to the beer line, swam
around 100 laps in the mens' room, and batted at least 100 beach balls.

j.

    Joe Morgan traveled close to 26 miles in his trips to and from the
    mound yesterday...
    
    
    py

Yeah, but Paul, he was asleep on the bench the rest of the time...

8^)

re Jeff:

	Thanks dude, I wasn't gonna say anything about that because
	I didn't want to appear overly-manly....;^) :^) :^)

Saw

    Bob,
    
    Glad to hear you broke 3 hours.  I withered big time in the heat.
     By Mile 19 I was cooked, and just trying to hang on for the last
    7.2 miles.   Walked a few of the hills, getting water and oranges
    from anyone I could, and taking it easy.  Started to overheat so
    I tried to avoid any permanent damage.  Finished in 3:27:24, my
    worst time by over 31 minutes, and the first time not breaking 3
    hours.
    
    I know of a few other Dec runners who came in around the same time
    as I did.  
    
    Anyone hear from  the Dinz///
    
    JD - who was as effective as the Sox pitching on Patriots' day....

    	Dinz was a victim of the heat JD.  He's ok today.
    
    				/Don

Hey JD, don't feel so bad (YOU OUR NOT TOO BLAM!)

Not only was Dinz a victim of the heat, but so were /Don, Dock,
Me, John Hendry, Chuck, Lee...you name it man...whatta day.

(I'll bet I felt as bad as you the day after and I didn't even
run 8^))

You should taken the day off and come to the Baffroom Olympics.
Man, wif those lats of yours you could have taken the swimming
events hands down...

Wanna be on our water polo team at Tiger Mania????

latered
Ch��ns�w

    
    i died at 17 miles, walked /ran to 22 then had to go to medical
    tent, i was a hurting unit.... hardest thing i ever did, i will
    train better for next yr..  gotta focus on maynard in may now..
    
    it was a great thrill being out there, fan support is incredible..
    Congrats to all that finished, and who ran..
    
    
    dinz
    

    
    Nice try Dins! Get em nexted year. Congrats!! 
    
    
    Steve

    Nice going, Dinz!!!  I'm proud of ya.  It's the effort that counts.
    I'm sure you'll do even better next year with more training.
    
    Lee

    
    
    Jim Dinsmore, the Elway of marathon running.
    
    Looks good in practice, but when the real race is on the line, ......
    
    
      Just kidding Dins. Good show and good try. Go have a Sammys. 
    
      Bob M, nice time. 
    
      JD, you're getting old.
    
    
    Steven
    
    
    

    
	Way to go Dinz! And a tip of the hat to all DECcies who competed.

	BTW, Dinz, you going to the Spring Fling, or what?

	Jim M

    Congrats to Dinz and the others... if they can survive that,
    I'm sure then can survive the W.C. olympics...

    
    THANKS ALL, NEXT YR I WILL TRAIN A LITTLE HARDER, SHOULD BE ABLE
    TO FINISH.
    
    DINZ
    

For sure Dinz.

I got a buddy here in BMF that ran NY for the first time about 3 years
ago.   The day after the race, he had to walk around every 20 minutes
to keep from cramping up.
The next year, and last year, he knew how to train better (from the
experience) and found post race discomfort much less...

Sheeyit, if the Sox are gonna play nexted year, like they did Monday,
I'll go to the park only long enough to defend my Olympic medals
and then go watch you guys run.....

Chainsaw

    Chainsaw, the Olympic Bleacher Pool doesn't quite get filled until the
    4th or 5th inning, except, of course, a bunch of freakin' lunatics fill
    up at the Rat an hour and a half before gametime......  :-)
    
    H�wk

Hey, the guy let us in.  He said we looked like boozers and that
he'd draw us a beer.  Who was I to deny him the pleasure of drawing
me a beer.  I mean, after all this is America, and if it's 0830 in
America, you know it must be 1430 in Munich, so therefore it was okay
to put down a few brews.  And nexted thing you know we're drinking us
some beers that this guys is drawing, and this guy in a leather
jacket is standing there tellin' me he's Needle and I says to him
I says Okay why weren't you here at seven like Hawk promised and
he says he didn't know anything about that so I started having somemore
beer waiting for Hawk to come wif the tickets because I figure old
Hawk is probably getting some fahrvergn�gen or something and he'll be
late.

What's wrong wif that?

>>    Chainsaw, the Olympic Bleacher Pool doesn't quite get filled until the
>>    4th or 5th inning, except, of course, a bunch of freakin' lunatics fill
>>    up at the Rat an hour and a half before gametime......  :-)

      I was started filling up at 8:00am at the Alewife parking garage. I 
      didn't know you could drink on the T all the way into Kenmore Square.

Chuck

    C'mon DiZns, I hear the only reason you made it only 17 miles
    was the the T broke down in brookline!!!  
    
              REK
    
    A very big |-}

�      I was started filling up at 8:00am at the Alewife parking garage. I 
�      didn't know you could drink on the T all the way into Kenmore Square.
�
�Chuck

What a manly name for a parking garage.  YOu know in the old days (I mean
really old days) the husband would bake the bread for the family, and
the wife would brew the ale, hence the name Alewife.  

Now what better place to hoist the proverbial tankard and start filling
up....

But, I thought you couldn't drink on the T.  Lasted time one of my buddies
tried that, he got in trouble...  What the straight story?  Enquiring
boozer-minds need to wonk(tm)!

Chainsaw

I'll drink to that....