Greetings NOVA Runners,  

We have track practice tomorrow at TC Williams. Everyone should come out considering it may be the only evening we don't have a chance of rain.  

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We are working on a new listserv through Yahoo groups. We should have this up and running soon. We will be using it for running-related topics only.

Mark Drosky's Boston Marathon Experience 

Thanks for your support and cheers that I received at all the "Tuesday track workouts" during my preparation for last weeks "Boston Marathon". I had not run Boston since 2000, and this year's race was truly spectacular. The half-a-million spectators made all 27,000 runners feel like "Rock Stars". I definitely won't let 11 years pass before I trek over "Heartbreak Hill" again. At the "starting village" in Hopkinton, an ole timer picked me out of the crowd and told me how much I resembled "Bill Rogers", the Boston Marathon Champion of 1975, 78, 79 & 80. As I toed the starting line I had a flashback to 1983 (my first Boston). I then realized that nothing has really changed. I still had aspirations of running fast. While crashing down on the hills with the wind at my back, I cheerfully created a new Boston memory which I'll cherish until I run it again.  

See you out there,