Running at Boston

Joe said:

Even though I injured myself and can't run Boston my wife
still is. I was going to break a few rules to see her
along the course what do you think of this?

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I was planning on running the first 6 miles, dropping out,
then take the Framingham train to Newtonville. Once in
Newton I will wait for my wife and run the remaining 5
miles with her, dropping out just before the finish line.
I will turn in my chip and alert the officials at the end
of the race that I am dropping out.

why even bother with the chip? you're not in it for the
time. even if you wanted to time yourself, you can just use
your wife's time since you will be running with her.

i'm guessing you still plan to use your bib. in that case,
you shouldn't have any problems with officials either.

the only place where i can think of that you might have some
trouble is when you jump back into the race. if there's an
official around, you could talk to him/her beforehand. if
not, you could just wait around with a water bottle in your
hand. then, when you see your wife, jump in with the water
bottle, give her a pat on the back and keep running with her
as if you're just supporting her.

jobs

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Joe said:

Even though I injured myself and can't run Boston my
wife still is. I

was

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going to break a few rules to see her along the course
what do you think

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this?

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I was planning on running the first 6 miles, dropping
out, then take the Framingham train to Newtonville. Once
in Newton I will wait for my wife

and

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run the remaining 5 miles with her, dropping out just
before the finish line. I will turn in my chip and alert
the officials at the end of the

race

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that I am dropping out.

why even bother with the chip? you're not in it for the
time. even if you wanted to time yourself, you can just
use your wife's time since you will be running with her.

i'm guessing you still plan to use your bib. in that case,
you shouldn't have any problems with officials either.

the only place where i can think of that you might have
some trouble is when you jump back into the race. if
there's an official around, you could talk to him/her
beforehand. if not, you could just wait around with a
water bottle in your hand. then, when you see your wife,
jump in with the water bottle, give her a pat on the back
and keep running with her as if you're just supporting

her.

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jobs

I doubt a race official is going to say anything as long as
you have a number. Heck, Boston has a rich history of
bandits running so I doubt someone would say anything unless
you were interfering with a race leader.

I think you are a lieing sack of [censored], and will change your
mind at the last minute and pretend to finish.

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Even though I injured myself and can't run Boston my wife
still is. I was going to break a few rules to see her
along the course what do you think of this?

I was planning on running the first 6 miles, dropping out,
then take the Framingham train to Newtonville. Once in
Newton I will wait for my wife and run the remaining 5
miles with her, dropping out just before the finish line.
I will turn in my chip and alert the officials at the end
of the race that I am dropping out.

What do you think?

jOe

thanks. i figured that no one would care as long as i didn't
interfere.

jOe

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Joe said:

Even though I injured myself and can't run Boston my
wife still is. I

was

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going to break a few rules to see her along the course
what do you

think

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of

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this?

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I was planning on running the first 6 miles, dropping
out, then take

the

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Framingham train to Newtonville. Once in Newton I will
wait for my

wife

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and

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run the remaining 5 miles with her, dropping out just
before the

finish

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line. I will turn in my chip and alert the officials
at the end of

the

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race

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that I am dropping out.

why even bother with the chip? you're not in it for the
time. even if you wanted to time yourself, you can just
use your wife's time since you will be running with her.

i'm guessing you still plan to use your bib. in that
case, you shouldn't have any problems with officials
either.

the only place where i can think of that you might have
some trouble is when you jump back into the race. if
there's an official around, you could talk to him/her
beforehand. if not, you could just wait around with a
water bottle in your hand. then, when you see your wife,
jump in with the water bottle, give her a pat on the
back and keep running with her as if you're just
supporting

her.

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jobs

I doubt a race official is going to say anything as long
as you have a number. Heck, Boston has a rich history of
bandits running so I doubt someone would say anything
unless you were interfering with a race leader.