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About 13 hours of driving
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:34am
That's in good weather.
Hope it all goes well for them today - this is the worst of what Vancouver winter weather is like!
I have done it in 8.5 hrs and
By Kevin b
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:08am
I have done it in 8.5 hrs and that's driving within the speed limits.
When was that?
By anon
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:53pm
Before they actually treated the border like a border?
Google says that its at least 9 hours - that's if you pee in a bottle, eat only your bag of chips, and blow through the border crossing.
Nonsense
By anon
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 3:37pm
Driving time is 9-10 hours. Plus biobreaks. Plus border crossing (more complicated in a rental car). That must have been before speed limits dropped to under 70 and there was little border control.
In all fairness,
By be
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 4:08pm
Swirly was probably bicycling, in which case, she made Great Time.
(My personal best was 7.75 hrs, but, in all honesty, I was Flying Low.)
You would have to be driving over the limit
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:36pm
Teh Google puts it at around 9 hours of driving time alone.
That doesn't count Border Crossing Time. Or Rest Area time.
Probably could do it in 8 hours before the speed limits on the interstates were dropped - or before the border became such a hassle.
Which Google do you use?
By Waquiot
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:00pm
I referenced the almighty oracle of information, and I can get from Pearson to my house in 8 hours 25 minutes. I would imagine shooting down the Pike to the Back Bay would be slightly shorter than a Roslindale jaunt.
Still saying 9 hours 5 minutes
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:24pm
That involves a jaunt up 95 from 90 to Rt. 2. Likely the reason.
All the same, that doesn't include potty breaks or customs time.
RIF.
By be
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 8:37pm
As I said, I was flying low. My younger cousin's best time (with a radar detector) was considerably lower than my time.
The border isn't a hassle, unless you are behaving like an Asshole on US entry. Or those on the Canadian Side are looking to Hassle 'Murcins. Or, it's Tourist Season.
Two hour line
By anon
Tue, 04/17/2018 - 10:41am
There was a two hour line last time through. They had only half the stations open. Wasn't an asshole, and got through quickly once I got there ... but it was two hours to get there.
Great story! Best of luck,
By anon
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:38am
Great story! Best of luck, ladies!
Why were flights from Toronto canceled?
By O-FISH-L
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:00pm
First, good luck to all of the runners, especially these two. Their determination is admirable but the news story seemed oddly incomplete.
I was struck that both the UH headline and WBZ story omitted one of the crucial five W's of journalism, why were so many flights from Toronto canceled? Of course it was the unmentionable severe cold, snow and ice in mid-April. Locally, we set records for cold high temperatures in the 30s, and even a record low of 12 degrees in Caribou Maine. We also set records for the most snow and sleet accumulation on the calendar day, April 15.
Thankfully, the same crew who predicted "The End of Snow"
and Global Warminghad the marketing wisdom to rebrand it as the coverall "Climate Change." It would take a heart of stone not to laugh.Yawn
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:48pm
So sorry that you are incapable of understanding anything more complicated than right wing taking points blather.
Not the way the planetary climate works, though. Keep on deluding yourself with horribly dated truthy memage applied to local weather. The northeast US is not the planet, dear.
The complicated concepts of "weakened polar jet" and "global temps rising causing local anomalies through destabilization" may be beyond your limited ability to understand anything, but here's a hint: the motions of turning your thermostat up and down are not what makes your AC and furnace cool and heat your home.
600 miles
By anon
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:58pm
A skip and a hop by North American standards.
How did they get their bibs?
By Ari O
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:28pm
Boston is very clear that you have to get your bib the day before. Although I bet if you have a story like this, they'll make an exception.
In the linked article
By Irma la Douce
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 6:21pm
Race organizers allowed friends to pick up their bibs on their behalf.
Missed that!
By Ari O
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:32pm
Special dispensation. They generally do NOT allow this.
Poor planning leads to poor results
By Waquiot
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:03pm
Flying in on Sunday might have meant saving the cost of a night’s hotel, but all sorts of problems can come up, as we see in this case. Besides, it’s freaking Boston. Arrive early and soak it up.
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