Pre-Boston Marathon Bike Ride
Written by Boston Biker on Apr 14Found this through the FaceBook (thanks Xue for the tip!) Looks like fun.
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If you forgot to raise $3000 to run this year’s marathon, but remembered you still have your beloved bike, this ride is for you.
Come join my fellow biker friends and me for this glorious bike ride along the Boston Marathon Route the night before. This won’t be a race, but a slow-paced relaxing ride under the moonlight. We only encourage you to come if you want to have a good time. There’s been talk about a boom-box bike, and who knows, there might even be free coffee and doughnuts at the starting line depending on the turnout, so come with and tell your friends! All are welcome!
Details:
When: Sunday April 19th
Where:
-10:30pm: Meet us at South Station in the food court with your bike to buy tickets.
-11:00pm Catch commuter rail out to Southborough (we checked with MBTA, and bikes are allowed on the train) Fare is $6.75. I’d bring $10 just in case.
-12:01am Arrive at Boston Marathon Starting Line in Framingham,
-12:25ish: Begin our glorious bike ride into Boston
-2:25ish Arrive at Copley Square in Boston.
Even though we’ll be going slow, it’s still a two hour ride, so things you should bring:
-Your bike
-Commuter Rail Fare money ($6.75)
-At least one bottle of water
-gloves (it gets chilly at night)
And some other things you might want to consider bringing:
-Additional snacks and beverages
-spare tube and/or patch kit
-helmet/blinkies
-silly hats
For support, we will do our best to bring put together a First Aid Kit. And in case of flats, we will bring a pump and a patch kit, but I’m sure many of you will be able to help those who need it just in case.
Official Marathon Route:
http://www.bostonmarathon.org/images/BostonMarathon/CourseMap.gif
Map of the route we’ll be taking:
This ride will happen weather permitting, so we’ll be keeping posted on weather:
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By greg on Apr 14, 2009 | Reply
Hey, I’m actually the one who created this event, so thanks for mentioning it here. Hope to see everyone there!
By Geoff on Apr 15, 2009 | Reply
wow, this sounds like a fantastic fun ride. Now I’m sad that i’ll be in sunny california this weekend…
By Chris on Apr 15, 2009 | Reply
You do know that a) the Southborough stop is past Framingham and b) the Marathon start line is in Hopkinton, NOT Framingham…
If you do take the T to Southborough, it’s a quick ride down Rte. 85 (which the train is on) to Hopkinton Center (where the start line is)…there’s a pretty big hill to get into Hopkinton.
By sonya on Apr 15, 2009 | Reply
this info is a little wrong, we have updated the facebook event a long time ago.
yes we do know the marathon starts in hopkinton. and we are taking the commuter to southborough, not framingham.
and surely you mean the commuter to southborough, not the T?
By Chris on Apr 16, 2009 | Reply
good to hear…well, it’s the “T” commuter rail…so I tend to call it the same…you’ll see big “T” signs in the Southborough station, not “Commuter Rail” signs 🙂
Have fun, sounds like a fun ride.
By teeheehee on Apr 18, 2009 | Reply
Anyone interested in starting a little earlier and riding out there and then back… or might I be the only crazy one?