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  "createdAt": "2025-04-16T21:56:00+01:00",
  "description": "Running another marathon, still not running it in under 4 hours.",
  "path": "/stream/boston-marathon",
  "publishedAt": "2025-04-16T21:56:00+01:00",
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  "tags": [
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  "textContent": "Not that one.After crashing out in spectacular fashion at the Loch Ness Marathon last year, I signed up for the Boston (Lincolnshire) Marathon intending to try and meet my four-hour goal.Going into February or so, I was well on track. I was ahead of my plan, running consistently and running good distances, feeling positive.Then, as spring started to blossom, I just kind of… fell off. We had visitors and then I got sick and we had a couple of busy weekends, and then before I knew it the race was two weeks out and it was too late to try and catch up.The run went about as well as it could have. I ran the first 18ish miles at a remarkably even pace—probably some of the best long-distance running I’ve done. Then things just started to slip. I slowed down; that pain came back in my shoulder. I struggled through miles 19-25, and then sort of rallied just at the end.Didn’t even feel particularly bad afterwards: Sam and I drove up to Lincoln to do a bit of sightseeing and then I drove us home.In retrospect I think I just didn’t do enough long running in training. I’m encouraged, however, by quite how relaxed it all felt; how unbroken I felt at the end. After Loch Ness I felt like a bit of a failure; but now I feel like I’m making progress.Very slow progress.",
  "title": "Boston Marathon",
  "updatedAt": "2025-06-17T11:46:00+01:00"
}