Word: marathonic
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...sent last Sunday night by the senior class officers, promised a BYOB-style cheerfest and a concentration of only-seen-at-The-Game-style spirit in front of the B.C. campus gate so seniors too lazy to train for the 26.2 mile schlep could support their peers. But when Marathon Monday came, while about thirty of their classmates struggled up and down Heartbreak Hill, a very small handful of Harvard spectators found themselves tailgate-less amidst a crowd of bright gold Boston College (BC) t-shirts, the sole Crimson voices in the heart of Eagle country at Mile...
...four-person tailgate,” lamented Coleen M. Gargan ’02, a 21-year-old Boston resident, who has never watched the marathon before. “The BC people are so spirited, but maybe it’s because they’re handing out free t-shirts...
Although Harvard does not receive a day off in celebration of Patriots Day, when the shot heard ‘round the world, fired on the battle green of Lexington and Concord, is commemorated by the starting gun of the Boston Marathon in Hopkington, Mass, a group of students left their classes behind to search for the elusive tailgate...
Steven M. Hackbarth ’02—wearing a homemade “Mad Dog” Hanes undershirt—jogged by, followed by dainty-footed class marshal Nicholas N. Lau ‘02, who ran the marathon with zero training runs under his belt. The gritty band of Harvard support, scattered in this decidedly non-Cambridge territory, made its presence known...
...desperate attempt at supportive contact, Gargan tried the cell phone of her friend running the marathon, noting, “Andrea [L. Olshan ’02] is a very in-touch girl. She might have it with...