{"id":7328,"date":"2022-04-24T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=7328"},"modified":"2022-04-24T18:29:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T18:29:00","slug":"boston-half-marathon-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/?p=7328","title":{"rendered":"Boston Half Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Run on the same day as the more famous US marathon the Boston races have a very appealing factor&#8230; they are the flattest marathon and half marathon courses in the country&#8230; FACT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"585\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/26333E3B-B2E3-4333-ABA3-0E40BD512CF6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7396\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having run this race before, it was Lyn Snow that made the journey northbound to Lincolnshire. 170 miles away on the East Coast, halfway between Kings Lynn and Skegness, lies the port of Boston and the home of this PB chasers race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"770\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFD2F646-E38E-4F34-A0DA-56A4E6E1B0A1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFD2F646-E38E-4F34-A0DA-56A4E6E1B0A1.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFD2F646-E38E-4F34-A0DA-56A4E6E1B0A1-768x526.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting at the towns Market area the course meanders to Freistin and then Butterwick. It is here that the course splits as the marathoners head northerly along The Wash toward Wrangle, but our Lyn continued her journey out to RSPB reserve near the coast before returning to the finish at Boston College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"376\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/A5891AEC-F273-416D-92D2-A998CCB7FB51.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7394\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyn tells us all on Facebook \u201cWell that&#8217;s another half done.&#8221; And although Lyn descibes her race as involving a lot of &#8220;jeffing\u201d, however she got around it, I&#8217;m sure we all agree that there really is no stopping this amazingly determined lady when it comes to her running!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/72FF74B9-F04E-4CA6-81B1-554B6DD11DB2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/72FF74B9-F04E-4CA6-81B1-554B6DD11DB2.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/72FF74B9-F04E-4CA6-81B1-554B6DD11DB2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/72FF74B9-F04E-4CA6-81B1-554B6DD11DB2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She finished in 3:05:14 &#8211; Well done Lyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AD3EDD56-BEF7-4721-864A-07047A75DA5A.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AD3EDD56-BEF7-4721-864A-07047A75DA5A.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AD3EDD56-BEF7-4721-864A-07047A75DA5A-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AD3EDD56-BEF7-4721-864A-07047A75DA5A-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/93DCD71D-573E-4F28-B1E2-5C01CE1D9810.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/93DCD71D-573E-4F28-B1E2-5C01CE1D9810.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/93DCD71D-573E-4F28-B1E2-5C01CE1D9810-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/93DCD71D-573E-4F28-B1E2-5C01CE1D9810-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Run on the same day as the more famous US marathon the Boston races have a very appealing factor&#8230; they are the flattest marathon and half marathon courses in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7397,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7328\/revisions\/7397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}