Boston Marathon, April 17, 2017

My number was easy to remember: 2-4-6-8 with a zero in the middle. The yellow color meant I was in the fourth (last) starting wave.

Some remembrances of the 2013 bombing.

Sightseeing: Unfortunately the USS Constitution (“Old Ironsides”) was being refurbished.

Practical knowledge being demonstrated at the John Hancock Sports and Fitness Expo

Appropriate fitting room at the John Hancock Sports and Fitness Expo.

Checking out the finish the day before.

A fleet of school buses assembled by the Boston Common to ferry runners to the start in Hopkinton.

Athlete’s Village at Hopkinton High School and Middle School. Notice all the Porta Potties.

The start in Hopkinton.

Okay, this picture was posed, but this is exactly how I felt at the finish.