How I Had a Huge BM (Boston Marathon) with Minimal Effort
One of the benefits of being both injured and unemployed is that when your buddy is traveling to a big name race, you can join him without the worry of training or work getting in the way. That’s how I found myself back in Boston, a place I’ve traveled for work many times in the past. I’m just here to be Ramiro’s athletic supporter. My job is to make sure everything is in place, no loose ends. So many things to manage, and in a foreign city, he needed help juggling all those balls in the air. I figured I could juggle a few of his balls and make sure he had a good BM. The Old North Church, where lanterns announced the arrival of fall fashion in 1776, the red coats Anyway, the race itself starts on a Monday. We made plans to arrive on separate overnight flights on Saturday morning. That gave us enough time to recover from the trip. I spent most of Saturday pre-BM wandering around the historical North End. Got some good Italian pastries and passed Paul Revere’s house that he wisely bought...
