Report: Boston-Bound Runner Is All ‘Hopkinton This’ and ‘Wellesley That,’ Blah Blah Blah
/
depositphotos.com
A local runner headed to this year’s Boston Marathon is all “Hopkinton this” and “Wellesley that,” sources say, and it’s only getting worse as race day approaches.
Boyd Pritchett, 56, is set to run the historic race Monday; it will be his eighth Boston Marathon, according to several people close to Pritchett, and “it’s basically all he’s talking about.”
“Every year around this time, Boyd becomes pretty focused on it,” said one source, who, like the others, requested anonymity. “You’ll be trying to have a conversation about work or current events or whatever, and he’ll be, like, ‘Citgo this’ and Boylston that.’”
Others echoed that sentiment.
“I love Boyd, but man, every March, April, he’s all, ‘Newton Hills this’ and ‘Natick that,’” said another source. “It gets a little old, to be honest.”
Even total strangers get a dose of Pritchett’s one-track mind, according to one source who recently shared a Lyft with the father of two.
“For pretty much the entire ride, he was chatting up the driver,” she said. “And it was all ‘fire station this’ and ‘Kenmore Square that.’”
“The driver just smiled and nodded.”
Reached for comment, Pritchett was all ‘Prudential Center this’ and ‘Bukowski Tavern that.’”
