It was Robinson’s second time running the Boston Marathon. “It was a perfect day. You couldn’t have asked for any better conditions,” he said.
“Of course I wanted to be faster and at least qualify again,” he said, but in lieu of running all winter long, Robinson said he opted to Nordic ski for eight weeks and run the other eight weeks of his 16-week training program.
“I felt really good, but with the pounding on the hills and if you don’t put in enough miles you come up short; I know a lot of people that run all winter, but with the snow I’d rather ski,” he said.
It was also Grant’s second Boston Marathon; he’s run 12 marathons in total. He said the conditions were perfect for a marathon with a tail wind and temperatures in the mid 50s and low humidity.
This year, Grant said he was pleased to finish six minutes faster than last year; he set a goal of 3 hours and 45 minutes and finished in 3 hours and 46 minutes.
“It’s hard to do a lot of great training during the winter,” he said.
Grant and Robinson live only about a mile apart and usually meet to do their long training runs together, usually between 15 and 18 miles. As for strength training, Grant said he gets that from “wrestling with patients all day.”
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