Cleveland finishes Boston Marathon!

Why this obsession with Josh today you ask? Because I'm too lazy and too ankle-impaired to run the damn thing myself. Takes a lot you know. They don't call it Heartbreak Hill for nothing. Plus this is the only marathon you have to qualify to run for (besides the Olympics). I could go watch it live with the rest of the 500,000 spectators but that wouldn't be as much fun as watching it on the tele.

JC finished 40k in 3:56:32 ranking in 14,621 - hitting his personal goal of under 4 hours (although the official time shown on the website is 4:09:48). Being an Army man, I'm glad he didn't have to run it in Iraq. So proud, so proud! Runners who finish within the first 6 hours get medals as they very well should.

Cleveland passes 35k mark

3:26:53 into the marathon. Doing well at a steady 9.5 km an hour. Watching WBZ now to try and spot him on the tele.

Josh Cleveland runs the Boston Marathon

According to the website athlete tracking, looks like he's doing pretty good on time. He last clocked in at 2 hrs 56 minutes at the 30k mark. It's been around an hour and he should have been spotted at the 35k mark but he hasn't been. Maybe they just missed him. One hopes so for he IS on Heartbreak Hill and the weather is pretty icky. See the interview on BU Today here (try not to swoon at his extremely sexy voice on that video as I did - sadly he's taken).

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