Boston Marathon 2012 - The Hottest Marathon

This is the hottest marathon that I have ever experience. The race started at 10am, imagine at a temperature similar to Malaysia..30-33 degree celcius. As hot as in Malaysia, with but here, its extra warm and dry. The organizer has earlier announced and warned runners of the hot and dry weather but unfortunately, they can't changed the starting time. The latest news from the organizer was that there were 2200 runners ended up at the medical tent, with more than 100 runners been sent to hospital, 16% out of 22000 runners did not participate due the the warning.  Many runners did collapse while running. Geoffrey Mutai unfortunately did not finish the course and quit between 30km - 35km.

There were 6 Malaysian male runners, and 3 female runners joined in this race. But unable to gather all for a group photo as everyone came back in different time and the crowd was huge. Only managed to take single picture. Below are some of the selected photos.

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Malaysian male runners timing

Crossing one of the check point

With Khoo

with Gavin Bong

 With Francis Yeng...this Doc can really kick ass

With the legendary Woo Chan Yew at the expo

 Hotel shutter brought runners to this place

 and transfer by BAA bus to starting location.
The bus look like our Bus Sekolah

 Food and drinks waiting for runners as breakfast

 Hopkinton is the starting place

 Ballerina runner

 They have Sarong man too

 Very crowded

 Walking to the starting point

these soldiers walk the full marathon distance in full gear..tabik spring!

 the infamouse Wellesley girls offering kisses for runners only
When can we have this in Malaysia?

 On 15 miles check point

Many ran without shirt...me too

 Water, we want more water

 Very supportive spectators

 Finally, approaching finishing line

The shining blanket was suppose to prevent runners
to get cold, but no used as the weather was hot

 After the run, time for relaxation

 Party for runners at House Blues

Every 5km pace

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