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Message: [QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 4293110, member: 7631"] I ran my first at the tender age of 47. My tenth 2.5 years ago. PR is 4:52. That may be my last one; we'll have to see if I can ever get an appointment with my knee doctor. I've known two Boston qualifiers. One was busting her ass to get to the 3:45 qualifying time (probably 40-44 age group). The other came to work with me one summer, and the first day we were chatting and she saw my running bag and we started talking running. She asked me which I'd run (Marine Corps, Maine, and Harrisburg, PA). She had run Marine Corps, Richmond, and Boston. I asked whether she'd raised money or qualified for Boston. She said her PR was 3:07 (and I was impressed with my buddy breaking 3:45). Turns out she'd run track and cross-country at our alma mater. Kenyans took nine of the top ten spots (all five men 4/5 women). [/QUOTE]