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It's just me and my brother David David what's up? What up? Thanks for having me on of course

So we're having you on today because on Monday. Are you running the Boston Marathon? That is correct this coming Monday

The what is that the 11th? Yeah, I think it's the 11th sounds right

So I don't know anything about running. You're the only runner in our family. Is this something you qualify for?

How do you get involved in the Boston Marathon? So yeah, typically the I guess you couldn't refer to them as average runners

Because the average Boston qualifier is not an average. They're a superhuman athlete

So yeah, the usual processes you do what's in the running community called a BQ or a Boston qualifier

That's run at any of the certified courses

So you have to subject to your age you have to reach a certain time

I think my age group is like a sub three hour marathon, which is absolutely insane

So kudos to those who can get a BQ in any age group not just even my age group. It's it's insane

So I had to take the path of a charitable donation bib

So on the BAA website

There's about a dozen or so maybe even more

Different charitable donations that are run through the Boston Athletic Association

that are in partnership

To basically apply for a charitable bib. So my running journey is is relatively short in the grand scheme of things

I've only realistically been running for about four or five years now

But once I started to get into it just like most runners or anybody with any competitive juices to them

I wanted to do more with my original run and started to get into marathons as well

So about three years ago, I started to research what chance I would have to run a in Boston

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