I am delighted to have just run my 25th straight Boston Marathon Qualifying (BQ) time at the Kentucky Derby Marathon in Louisville. I never thought I would be fast enough to qualify once for Boston, the gold standard for the recreational runner.
I am also proud that I have placed in the top runners in my age group in 13 of the last 16 of these races and in the top 10% of the entire race in most of them. I am one of the oldest runners.