I had been eagerly anticipating this race all year.

Telling people I was running the Boston Marathon impressed everyone, until they fiound out it was Boston, Lincolnshire.

Apart from the name, one of the main attractions of this race was it fast, flat and had bags of PB potential.

It certainltly didn't disappoint on that score. Any runner on good form could easily smash a great time. The 26.2 course was also very pictureque. The race marshals were also brilliant.

All very positive.

Now for the negetive -

I ran Brighton marathon 8 days previously. The crowd support was best I have ever experienced.

Boston marathon was the exact opposite.

80-90% of the course had no, or very little support. This was mainly due to the rural 26.2mile route.

Water stations were quite regular but included water only, with no gels or enegy drinks.

Finishers were rewarded with a small medal, water bottle and very, very cheap cotton t-shirt. There was no finishers bag at all and no food items on offer, not even a bananna. I have never finished a marathon and not been given some kind of nutrition.

This is very poor in my opinion. It's an area that the organisers need to address.

In summary, if you're chasing a marathon PB then this is the one to do.

If you like crowd support, tech shirts & goodie bags then you will be disappointed.

Would I do this race again? Yes, I would but there certain issues which need looking at.

Overall, it was a good race.