The last helping of gefilte fish and horseradish has been consumed; three boxes of Peeps lay empty on the floor; by the time the alarm goes off tomorrow morning a battle will have been reenacted on the Lexington green – So we’re thinking about tomorrow and where we’ll be. We know that not everyone enjoys the benefits of a state holiday so some folks will actually be working as thousands travel the 26.2 from Hopkinton to Boston. We know, from experience, that Marathon Monday can be a good use of a vacation day. How will Bostonist watch the marathon? Read on…

Adam heads west to spend some quality time with his folks and lawn chairs as they set up on Rte. 135 in Framingham as they have for the past 20 years (admittedly he can’t remember all of them – being too young, not too drunk). Not devaluing the love for his parents he’s also got his eyes on the Red Sox, if anyone’s got a pair for him he’d gladly take them.

Alex will be 'halfway home' as part of the Wellesley College Scream Tunnel. The location on Rte. 135 past that runs past Wellesley marks just about the halfway point on the race. She promises to shout niceties at all the runners. What she won’t tell us is what will be on her banner. She’s hard at work on it now.

Anna will be on the couch in style, watching tv coverage of the race as it gets closer and closer. She’ll throw on her flip flops and scamper outside to where the marathon passes within feet of our apartment and marvel at how much more human the lead runners look in person.

Jon, Katie, and Josh will be having an editorial meeting in Brookline as the runners progress down Beacon St. well on their way to completing the trek. Oh, and by “having an editorial meeting” we really mean a couple of beers.

C. Fernsebner will be taking a long lunch to meet up with some others in the Exploit Boston flickr photo pool, digital camera in hand, outside the Park St. T stop at noon. Which reminds us: photos in the Exploit Boston group appear on Bostonist’s pages in the page’s left column. Likely to be a good group of photogs on the scene we have it on good authority that besides C. Fernsebner one can find friends of Bostonist Sooz and Abby on the scene as well.

Joel will be catching the play-by-play of the Sox game on his computer while at work. Not to worry, he tells us, he has a birds-eye view of the finish line from his office in the Hancock tower. Don’t count on him to tell you who finished first, if Ortiz is at bat and runners are making their way down Boylston he’s probably going to wait for the dinger rather than the tape to be broken at the finish – unless, of course, the boss is watching. In that case all plans are scrapped.

Christi won’t be having any of it. Tied to the monitor between 9 and 5 she just hopes that there is a beer tent with her name on it when happy hour rolls around. Perhaps she has the right idea, if you don’t waste a vacation day to stand outside watching people be athletic while you have a coke or a beer in 50 degree weather that day can be used to go to the beach when the weather is actually more suited for vacation.

We'll admit it, these are far from creative ways to watch the Boston Marathon. Where will you take in the sights and sounds of the 26.2 mile course, or have you forsaken it?

Photo courtesy Flickr user: pkeleher