Boston Marathon 2004: “Hot Enough For You?”

Considering the savage heat, four Wissahickon Wanderers performed nobly at the Boston Marathon on April 19. Finishing in a dead heat at 3:06:58 were Matt Palombaro and Jeff Hayes. They placed a vey impressive 518th and 519th out of an elite field of 20,000. Boston Marathon regular Paul Hines was timed in 3:21:41, while newcomer Martha Lamb was recorded in 3:48:52.

They all suffered out on the course.

“It was without a doubt, the toughest race of my life,” noted Jeff in his field report to Wanderers HQ. “I think I was in terific shape to run a decent time, but with the heat and the hills (both up and down them) and hydration feas and complications, it made things very challenging.”
Martha’s report was more of the same.

“It was really hot,” she noted. “Not much of a breeze at all starting off in Hopkinton, though it picked up as we got closer to Boston."

“I was disappointed with my time, of course. I was shooting for 3:30 , but now I am finding out most people were off their time by about 20 minutes.”

Matt’s report accompanies this story.

Congratulations Jeff, Matt, Paul and Martha for your superb efforts.

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