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111th Boston Marathon

The 111th Boston Marathon will be run next Monday, April 16, 2007. There are 23,500 participants and the start time has been moved up to 10:00am.
I have always been amazed at marathon running. When I was younger, a lot younger I ran long distance. Typically this was up to 5k runs, and I loved it. But to run 26 miles is a much higher level of discipline and training.
Good luck to all the participants!
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At the start


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