Marathon Monday!

April 22, 2008

Is there anything sweeter than a Monday holiday combined with a bunch of friends eating the brunch your husband organized and prepared? Our new couch finally got some lovin’ by a bunch of good people yesterday.

My mom ran marathons regularly when I was growing up so I am very familiar to the entire subculture and their healthy eating habits and early morning discipline… cheering runners along at the rough parts of the route, and watching carefully so you don’t miss your friend or spouse… making your kids t-shirts with enthusiastic messages, and jumping in to run awhile with that person who might be getting a bit tired. Shouting names at the runners who have written their nicknames on their shirts or drawn it down their biceps, and looking at each other in wonder at the oldest living being who is still going along steadily at mile 25. I am particularly inspired by the oldsters who can run a marathon. Dang!

One of the visual draws to our Boston Marathon is this weird juxtaposition between the cheering, brightly colored masses along the marathon route and the beautiful blooming trees that line Commonwealth Avenue and bust into bloom every year in a punctual manner for all of the city’s marathon visitors to enjoy. I get so distracted by those wonderful trees I kind of forget about the marathon even though… how can you not notice something so big and brash and loud?

So, if you want to see a bunch of photos of the blooms, and my strange take on the marathon runners and crowds, check out these photos.

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