Word: heartbreakingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...December to qualify for her second Boston race, also credited the crowd with pulling her through in 3:30.24. "It's the one time a year I can feel like a star; if you smile the people start cheering. Wellesley was just deafening and I actually sped up. At Heartbreak Hill, the crowd really kept me going and from 18 miles on, I ran with my thumbs raised I was so psyched...
...around the 15-mile mark. "The first 15 miles I was thinking it's odd how I'm passing people, then the next ten miles I was thinking it was odd how people were passing me." Although Weston admitted that he didn't think he would finish at Heartbreak Hill, the Government major said he realized he "had to finish. The two last things I wanted to do in Boston were write a thesis and run the Marathon. Also everyone wants you to finish and you feel like you're cheating them if you walk...
Rodgers placed eighth in the field at the Natick checkpoint but then exploded just before Heartbreak Hill to move in front for the remaining six miles. After nearing collapse at the end of the race, he had to be helped to the victory area by two policemen...