Kelownasa国际传媒檚 Vik Bains returns from the Boston Marathon repping his personal best time.
At two hours 51 mins and 11 seconds, getting a sub-3 hour time was good enough to put Bains in the top 1200 racers; out of nearly 30,000 participants.
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While Bains has been running hard and training for seven years, he credits his weekend warrior team of runners to light the fire under his feet and get him to return to Boston, and record his personal best.
His five member team, dubbed the TMRL (Thursday Morning Running League), including veteran Kelowna marathon-runner Rory Switzer, helped show him the ropes and improve his training.
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Bains improved from his last year mileage of just under 1000 km in 14 weeks in order to make sure that he was ready for one of the most iconic marathons in the world.
sa国际传媒淵ou donsa国际传媒檛 typically set your personal best in Boston,sa国际传媒� Bains said with a laugh.
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While he may not return for next years Boston Marathon, he said the entire experience from start to finish is something hesa国际传媒檒l never forget. From waiting almost two hours for the race to start, setting his personal record and then celebrating with other runners at Fenway Park afterwards was the perfect way he imagined the whole experience.
Bains said wouldnsa国际传媒檛 have got this far without his TMRL team of Jeff Vogt, Christy Lovig, Jason Deleurme and Switzer, along side with his friend and biggest fan Nathan Zimmer.
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Itsa国际传媒檚 off time now for Bains.
sa国际传媒淚t was nice to have a cheeseburger after, and we partied good afterwards,sa国际传媒� said Bains.
sa国际传媒淩elax with my family and thinking of doing the Okanagan Marathon.sa国际传媒�
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