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On the Boston Marathon.(Originated from Providence Journal-Bulletin)
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Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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April 16, 1996
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1996 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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BOSTON _ The first marathon I ever went to was in 1967, back when this Boston Marathon was a very different race.
My college roommate's father was running then, a mailman from Long Island running his first marathon. Not that this was seen as being especially trendy back then, mind you. Running 26 miles back then was almost exclusively viewed as idiosyncratic at best, downright weird at worst.
This was before the start of the running explosion, back in those days when the sight of someone jogging along the side of the road often drew hoots of derision. Distance running was on the far side of hip then, a solitary activity that seemed to exist on the fringes of sport, only ...
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