At the 2026 Boston Marathon, Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi, who won the race with a time of 2:18:51, shared that she realized she forgot her watch on the bus to Hopkinton.
I know that feeling. On a sunny morning in Switzerland, standing at the start line of the 2022 Sierre-Zinal, a mountain race of 31K and 2,200-meter elevation gain, I thought I was well prepared: I was hydrated, fueled, and had months of training behind me. Then I realized that my Garmin didn’t charge overnight. In an instant, everything shifted. Panic kicked in, and I felt a loss of control. How was I supposed to pace the race? What if I went off too fast?
For many runners, racing without tech is a nightmare scenario. Lokedi found a willing helper who lent her his watch, but that may not be the case for the rest of us, so…
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