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08-06-2009, 06:35 PM,
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We'd love to have seen Bette Midler, but she was out of town the week we were there. We were torn between the Cirque de Soleil Beatles show, Love, and Barry Manilow. It would never occur to us to see the latter in the UK, but we fancied the kitsch quality of seeing him in Vegas. But anyway, we opted for the Beatles show and it was brilliant. Just a shame these big shows are so expensive -- about $100 a pop. Decided that we couldn't afford more than one.

I hope the report wasn't too gloomy. Most of the race stuff was written shortly after I got back, when I was still in that holiday hangover phase. I reread it the other day, and was struck by the downbeat quality of some of it, but to be honest, I couldn't face rewriting it. Also, I thought it should remain as the way I was thinking at the time of writing. The fact is, it some elements were disappointing -- but this was almost inevitable given the huge sense of anticipation and excitement. And it really is a fantastic event, and the city truly embraces it. I guess I was just disappointed with how I did on the day. But I have to remind myself that it's a tough race -- the toughest marathon I've done by a long way. 5 miles of mainly upward hills at the 16 mile point is bloody hard to deal with if you've not been able to train for them.

All that said, it was a great trip, and I hope the report ended on an up note. That was certainly the intention. And Chelsea lost the semi-final of the Champions League while I was there. Big Grin
El Gordo

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Messages In This Thread
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 28-04-2009, 04:08 PM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 10-05-2009, 06:35 PM
Post-Boston - by Bierzo Baggie - 10-05-2009, 09:21 PM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 10-05-2009, 11:24 PM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 01-06-2009, 06:09 PM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 06-06-2009, 02:44 PM
Post-Boston - by glaconman - 07-06-2009, 10:01 AM
Post-Boston - by Sweder - 08-06-2009, 01:15 PM
Post-Boston - by Seafront Plodder - 08-06-2009, 01:21 PM
Post-Boston - by suzieq - 08-06-2009, 03:36 PM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 08-06-2009, 06:35 PM
Post-Boston - by stillwaddler - 09-06-2009, 11:50 AM
Post-Boston - by Sweder - 09-06-2009, 01:34 PM
Post-Boston - by glaconman - 09-06-2009, 03:19 PM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 09-06-2009, 05:42 PM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 09-06-2009, 06:17 PM
Post-Boston - by Sweder - 09-06-2009, 06:20 PM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 09-06-2009, 06:27 PM
Post-Boston - by Sweder - 09-06-2009, 06:41 PM
Post-Boston - by Seafront Plodder - 09-06-2009, 07:28 PM
Post-Boston - by Antonio247 - 10-06-2009, 06:10 PM
Post-Boston - by marathondan - 16-06-2009, 11:21 AM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 16-06-2009, 11:54 AM
Post-Boston - by Sweder - 16-06-2009, 02:10 PM
Post-Boston - by Bierzo Baggie - 17-06-2009, 07:14 AM
Post-Boston - by El Gordo - 17-06-2009, 07:58 AM
Post-Boston - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 19-06-2009, 12:13 PM

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