Behind the Scenes of Marathon Weekend

For all of you faithful followers of a Wicked Good Blog, here's a special treat - a pictorial essay of what the elite Kenyan runners do on the weekend before the Boston Marathon! Sit back and enjoy this behind the scenes look at the typical activities runners undertake leading into the big race. (Assuming, of course, that you've already seen the previous entries on the Marathon Expo and Petey's Race, of course.)

For starters, go to your daughter's lacrosse game and watch her score four goals and be named game MVPMove on to a birthday party for a two-year-old princessComplete with her own castleWhile the princess' sister watches over all, nestled in the arms of PapaTake a few minutes to check out the golf swings of some of the area's finest golfersIncluding a new arrival on the LPGA circuit, my personal all-time favoriteThe elite golfers aren't confined to the driving range either. They can be found wandering some of the toughest miniature golf holes outside of St. Andrew's in ScotlandAnd of course, what would a marathon primer be without the obligatory pasta dinner, complete with chicken parmagiana, or as Ryan would call it, chickenSo let's hoist a glass of water for this year's marathoners. Trust me, one glass won't be anywhere enough to get us properly hydrated for Monday's 90 degree onslaught

See you on the other side of 26.2 miles!