tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-564385258186045514.post6445450218158741453..comments2023-03-24T08:38:04.980-06:00Comments on High Desert Dirt: Boston!Desert Dirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413559978573420359noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-564385258186045514.post-76820072841840144322012-04-18T18:44:33.424-06:002012-04-18T18:44:33.424-06:00The creeping fatigue of the downhill profile is so...The creeping fatigue of the downhill profile is something that all Boston veterans look back on. The Newton Hills expose the damage and introduce doubt at a very fragile point in the race. Boston's race layout is a seductive trap. It's very comforting to know that 116 years of runners have blasted out of Hopkinton in exactly the same manner only to face the same trauma of exhaustion navigating those hills and silent calculations of how they'll leg it in the rest of the way to Copley Square.Desert Dirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413559978573420359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-564385258186045514.post-77018052620166134392012-04-18T12:57:11.598-06:002012-04-18T12:57:11.598-06:00Yep,Boston was hot but it was still special. The ...Yep,Boston was hot but it was still special. The one thing I discovered is that the downhill during the first 8 miles of the race doesn't really seem all that downhill because there are some rollers and flats but you recognize the toll you have taken on your legs once you hit the Newton hills. I really wanted to run up Heartbreak but it wasn't happening.S. Baboohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975687184596635887noreply@blogger.com