Word: marathoned
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...want to run the Marathon." Joanne said wistfully to me yesterday as we headed out for out daily four-mile run-a ritual we have followed semi-faithfully, since the spring of freshman year...
...paths along the Charles were beautiful but deserted as we set out, all the real runners were at the Marathon, which pleased Joanne and me. You see, we have become some what of a spectacle along the River paths because we like to yell at each other over the din of our Walkman stereos (she has a tape player which is always blasting the Go Gos, and I have an FM model...
...matter of fact," says four-time Winner Bill Rodgers, "Boston never even worked within the amateur rules before. For the past many years, they could have paid airfares, housing and food allowances." Now, apparently afraid of being left behind by marathons in New York, London and Tokyo, Boston is ready to pay. "When I see all these things happening," says Cloney, "I have to do something to protect the future of the Boston Marathon...
...destination of the 26-mile 385-yd. journey, a blessed sight for the survivors among the 6,000 starters. They stumble in looking like advancemen for a famine. But the Pru says it wants no part of commercialism, and the finish line next year will probably be elsewhere. "The marathon is going to be exactly the same as every other marathon in the world," Cloney promises, "with commercial sponsorship...
Keliey, 74, who won in 1935 and 1945, plans to run again Monday. It will be his 51st Boston Marathon, though he is half inclined not to count the three he didn't finish (1928, 1932 and 1956). "I meet people every day now," Keliey says, "with gray heads, bald heads, who tell me how their fathers always took them to Fenway on Patriots Day morning to see the Red Sox and then on to the race to cheer us in. Boston is Boston. It's tradition. But I'm as confused...