Thanks for the congrulations everyone.
Boston is a great marathon, and I hope that I can get in next year, reg. opens on 7th spet. and I will be on line as soon as it does.
We had to be on our bus at 5am to get to the offical Boston buses, once we transferred we had to wait for our police escort!!!!
We had 3 buses for the team, 2 for our chairs and then 2 more buses for the other disabled athletes. For this we had 20 motobike escorst and a couple of cars. All the traffic was stoped as we went, includidng the Mass turnpike. Some of the police went ahead to stop the traffic from enter the road until we had all passed. As we enterd hopkinton we started to see the buses for the runners, the police made them pull over so that we could start, They must have thought that we where the elites comming through!!
When we finished the race we had a police escort back to our hotel too.
Set up for us was in a school,so real restrooms. I looked aroud and sat on the floor getting ready was Van ****, I so wanted to go and ask him for a photo, but I didn't want to bother him. We had free food and massages if we want them, passed on both and it was soon time to go.
We where told that for the first 0.5 miles we had to stay behind the pace car at 12mph, no one told the car this as it took us out at 19mph. Once the car left us we where off, my crusing speed on the stirghts was between 20 - 25mph. you are told that the hills are between miles 16 - 21.....not true, hills start at mile 4, stright into 4 % ones, going up hills I am very slow, I went between 2.5 and 6 mph, but going down i was between 30 - 32.70 mph.
I was on time for a 1:45 finish, until I started having problem with my chair, First my chair kept falling off, I would ask if someone would come and hold my chair as I put it back on, and I woul dgo off again. This happeded several times, but the worst thing was that my right handle fell off, I could not put it back on, I put it under my chin ang tried to crank on, 2 guys saw what i was doing and came running over to help, they tried to screw it back in but couldn't so one of them started running to the houses and asking if any one had a certain type of rench, I stoped for what seamed like forever and in the end said that I had to go. I went off very slowley and I then hear the guy shouting that they had one and was running after me, I stpoed but the rench was too big, but this time he managed to screw it back in with his hands, it was not in all the way but it was better than nothing and it lasted until I finished.
With the handle falling off I have scrached all my paint on the arms and I lost my disk brake, my left arm had snapped so I could not strighten it out to reach my other 2 v brakes so I just had to sit tight and hope I could handle the speed.......it was fun.
The encourgment for the crowds was fantastic, not a many pepole as NYC, but they seemend to know what to say to get you up the hills.
When I crossed the finish line our team captin was waitning for us, I love comming across the line and seeing a friendly face. I was then sent to the VIP tent and met my Dh and Tinkerbell, the exce from invercare (chair maker comp owner) and I went nuts at him. He had been staying with the team so he had been told what has been going on and has promised taht it is going to get fixed.
Last night we drove back up tp Maine as my chair was ment to be getting fixed at 8am this morning, well we get all the way there and they refuse to fix it. My Dh will be calling this morning to tell the team and the exec what they have said.
There is a free medical clinic today for the marathon, where you can go to the local hospital and everything is free!!!! I am gonig to go and get my arm looked at. We think I have a stress fracture, I have fractured my arm 3 times before, so I know what it feels like, and this feels the same, now that I've said this they will say its a strain, but at least I can find out for free.
GO! WISH Team GO! 
After that I had it as a reminder everywhere 
Anyone have any word on Cindylou???
Unbelievable that the company refused to fix it!!! 
I really hope this gets resolved quickly! 
