Why?

There is no single answer as to why I have decided to take on this challenge. I know I was burned out after 2011 and running wasn't fun. I had always told my running groups that when it stopped being fun, it was time to stop. I did that, then I missed the challenge. I had friends attempting to qualify for Boston in 2013 and I felt let out of the process. I saw their excitement and I wanted to feel that again. The tragic events at this years marathon solidified my decision to get back to Boston.

Prior to running Boston in 2011, I was given a shirt by my running group that was imprinted with the following, "Right on Hereford, Left on Boylston", directions for the last half-mile of the Boston Marathon. I still have that shirt and I see it almost every day. My yellow race shirt from 2011 hangs next to it. It's time to wear them again.

It's time to make one more "Right on Hereford, Left on Boylston".