It is Patriot's Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the day of the 116th running of the Boston Marathon. It'll be a hot one with a predicted high of 84. The 26.2 miles exact a terrible toll on the mortal coil. Remember Pheidippides! who collapsed at the Athenian end of his run. It may have been Frank Shorter who quipped, at the 20-mile mark, "Why couldn't Pheidippides have died now?"
Will Boston Billy be running today?