Slinger, WI -– Addison Elementary School Principal Joel Dziedzic is set to line up Monday, April 17, 2023 for the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon. This past week he ran the gauntlet as students shouted encouragement and offered strong high-fives of support.
Dziedzic received an enthusiastic send off from his home team at Addison Elementary. “Super inspired by all the kids and staff,” he said. “They were all smiles and showing a lot of love and support.”
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Dziedzic travelled Thursday night and arrived in Boston after 11p.m.
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“I got up for a 5-mile run Friday morning to loosen up the legs and get acclimated,” he said. “Pretty warm day here already. Heading to the expo to check-in and get my bib and race packet.”
The 127th Boston Marathon steps off Monday at 10 a.m. Over 30,000 runners are expected to compete.
In 2022 the men’s overall winner was Evans Chebet, 33, of Kenya, who scored his first major marathon victory with a time of 2:06:51. For the women Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, beat Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia, by just four seconds with a time of 2:21:01.
“I was doing really well the whole race with a pace time of 6:52 per mile and then it (the time) kept creeping up,” said Dziedzic about his race in 2022.
Dziedzic’s goal is to finish in under 3 hours. His time in 2022 was 3:11.
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