In what can only be described at the most horrific experience of my life. I, Jacob Seilheimer, completed the Boston Marathon…DEAD LAST.And I’m damn proud of it.I got down to Boston around 1:30 in the morning due to circumstances beyond my control. I got to bed at 2:30 and woke up at 5:30.I had an elaborate plan to rest up all night. But as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men…
So it ended up being a mad scramble to make it to Hopkinton when I was supposed to.
It was an absolute mob scene when I got to the starting line. There were 20,000 runners there and that didn’t even include all the volunteers and spectators. We were engulfed inside a monsoon-type weather system (so much so that 2,500 runners didn’t even show up to pick up their numbers to race).
It was pretty awe-inspiring.
The race organizers set up fencing on both sides of the street to direct the runners. I kept to the side as they let a few groupings of several thousands of runners pass. I’m going on the record as saying that I’ve never been visually-assaulted as much I was during the time period.
And it was not all in my head.
I got a few dozens NASTY looks from other runners. Some snickers. Some laughs. blah. blah. blah.
It’s been awhile since I’ve felt that uncomfortable.
However, there were quite a few runners that won’t out of there way to tell me congrats on making this far and good luck…
[Keep reading THE COUNTDOWN IS ON...]
I’ve been meaning to pass this on for a while. The story is just too good to sit on, and forget about. The Boston Marathon was just one thing he’s been fighting. He’s also lost a good bit of weight, and had the reason be the marathon. So the whole blog is interesting/entertaining also.
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