Dave Bilinsky is the Practice Management Advisor for the Law Society of British Columbia. He is a valued colleague and friend. He is a former co-chair of ABA TECHSHOW.
But he’s also one of the 20,000 or so people who qualified for and ran in the Boston Marathon Monday. His official time was 3:41:43, but his chip time (his real running time) was 3:35:09, which is quite good I understand. He was started at number 9201 and finished 5138, which means he passed over 4000 people. Congratulations, Dave. Here’s part of an e-mail he sent a group of friends yesterday.
"Details…wow …there are *SO* many…
"Seeing the wheelchair runners line up and seeing this one fellow who runs the course pushing his disabled son in a jogging stroller .. and watching the elite women start to warm up…
"Watching the Air Force jets fly overhead during the national anthem just before the start…
"The moment of silence for John Kelly – the fellow who ran Boston more than any other living mortal and who died in the last year…to remember him at the start was inspiring…
"The KIDS – I have never, ever, been "Hi 5’ed" so many times in my life…The kids along the route are just wonderful…and they just squeal with delight when you take an orange piece or something from them…
"The people…they hand out water bottles, oranges, ice, bananas, gummy bears, wet paper towels, sponges etc all along the course….etc…their generosity and support is **amazing**….
"The Girls at Wellesley College – just before the 1/2 way point – a mile of absolutely screaming college girls …hard to erase that one…!!
"The crowds….that just keep getting thicker and thicker and thicker…and the NOISE…all along but especially for the last 5 miles …it just rings in your ears….thousands and thousands and THOUSANDS of people cheering….
"The hills – that are just unending…heartbreak is just the highest in what seems like an unending series of hills…
"It was just unreal. I can understand and emphasize why Pat loves it so much!!!!!" (Editor’s Note: "Pat" refers to Pat Yevics of the Maryland State Bar, who qualified for and ran the BM in 2003.)