Can I beg you to stay with me for one more Boston post? Then I’ll shut up about it…promise…well, maybe. Because our trip was so jam packed, it was near impossible to cram it all into one post, thus, I had to spread it out. This post is definitely not in chronological order, but highlights the rest of our trip outside of Marathon Monday. Plus, I’ll try and let the photos do all of the talking.
First and foremost, I’m going to be a whiny baby and say that Boston was freezing. Leisurely walking around to enjoy the sights and snap photos was instead, “Holy crap. This wind is ridiculous. I need to buy gloves. Do we have more layers to wear? Why didn’t I bring a thicker jacket!”
After our red-eye flight in on Friday night, we snuck a few zzz’s in then made our way to expo. I must say, I am actually a really big fan on expos. I love picking up my number, exploring all of the new goodies, pretending like I don’t know what I’m doing and letting the people give their little speeches then score free gear, and of course, the shopping. However, this expo failed to meet my standards. It was spread out between multiple rooms, small aisles and simply not enough space. Essentially, quasi-organized chaos. However, the highlights of this particular expo includes TONS of free samples and meeting Josh Cox where we exchanged Twitter advice.
Chicken Face is always such a good sport for spending a couple of hours with me at the expo. This time around, he assured me that, “Ryan Hall has got nothin’ on him…” and that he is “Almost positive that he didn’t steal this bar, but he’s not 100% sure.”
Also included in our Beantown adventure was a a lot of walking around the city to see what we could stumble upon, a trip to Fenway Park, photo ops at the finish line, a fantastic blogger meet-up hosted by the fabulous Kim, exploring Harvard, a failed attempt to go to MIT and the Samuel Adams brewery tour, and oh, and lots and lots of food.
A note to everyone who will ever travel with me (i.e. Aron and Tara this weekend): don’t allow me to provide directions. Instead of heading to the Quincy Market in downtown Boston that would have only taken us about 10 minutes to get to, I moronically took us on a 30 minute train ride all the way to the city of Quincy where there was a 7-11 like store called the Quincy Market. But hey – at least the trees were in bloom.
All in all, it was a good trip with good friends, good food and good times. I’m so thankful that I was able to experience Boston in this way and with people that I’m proud to call my friends and my fiancé.
Here’s to memories of a lifetime and happy running!
You cracked me up with the Quincy Market story 😛 and I love your fiance’s “not sure if I stole this” face!!
I can’t wait to read about your next adventures!
haha yes Boston was cold this weekend! And rainy…but at least Monday was beautiful. Love seeing the rest of your pics. I wasn’t crazy about the expo either. It was super crowded and way too much for me…
lol – this post is hilarious! Awesome that you met Josh Cox – he actually just spoke at my old high school to the track team, I bet he provided some really good info to the team.
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Fenway Park is indeed awesome, I love that ballpark. That really is comical that you went to the town of Quincy instead of Quincy Market, haha You would have had to take the red line south to get there about 30 minutes just like you mention =) I’ve actually been to Quincy probably almost right where you are standing and I’ve been to that market you talk about, did you go to John Adams house? I thought it was a nice area over there, way less people around than in downtown Boston.
hahaha – omg about the convenient store being named “Quincy Market.” I’d blame it on them for stealing the name and getting you guys lost! Your fiancee is so cute and so supportive!
good luck this weekend 🙂
Hmmmm…that Quincy market story sounds like something Unprofessional Runner would do….weird.
<3 this post. It was so wonderful to meet you & CF and I am already counting down the days until SF!!!!!!!!!! I know the exact way to remedy these Boston snafu's, just come back! Foxy can take SF on a pub crawl/brewery tour and we can do all sorts of nerdy running things 🙂 Good luck at Big Sur this weekend!!!
looks like fun, i need to get back to boston to visit my college friends. I luckily never have to navigate around downtown since i always have people to show me around
Looks like fun, I’ve always wanted to visit Boston. Now I know where I have to go when I finally do!
I love that you went to Quincy! Sounds like something I would do! Actually…I once picked out a train ride to Switzerland thinking we were going to Italy. Your little mishap doesn’t sound so bad compared to that!
LOL, blame the hair color on the trip to Quincy. I swear, it’s true — just ask my mom how many times I called her helplessly lost and nearly hysterical.
Sounds like an awesome trip! Ha! I can’t believe you went to Quincy – not much to look, huh!
That would totally be something I would do!