Mad props out to Sean for his amazing performance this Monday.  He ran a 3:09 which is damn fast in any marathon.  In Boston?  SICK!  Here’s his race report:

“The marathon was an incredible experience. Just running a course with so much history (112 years - oldest except for the original Greek Olympiad) is pretty amazing. And, some of my earliest memories are of watching my dad run it.

The race is incredibly well organized - making 26,000 runners safely and timely move through an urban course is no small feat. High points for me were finally getting under way in Hopkinton, charging through the “wall of sound” at Wellesley College where hundreds of college women uphold a tradition of nearly blowing your eardrums out, Summiting heartbreak hill with my stride intact and realizing ½ way down the final stretch of Boylston Ave that I had my sub 3:10 in the bag. Low points included a scary hip pain in the early miles that went away, struggling on the first of the Newton hills (I recovered), and struggling mightily in the final 5 miles to maintain a sub 3:10 pace.

My goal was to run under 3:10 and I managed to cross in 3:09:13, 2290th place out of 25000+ finishers. The weekend was even sweeter because 4 college buddies of mine were all running as well. One of them even got to run with Lance Armstrong for about 2/3 of the race. For any of you who ever have the desire to run a marathon - there is truly nothing out there like Boston.”

Nice work Sean; may all dofb membership in good standing toast your mettle forthrightly!