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...Harvard, the preseason slate brought tough competition and a number of losses, but that experience could prove crucial to the team as it prepares for the six-week conference marathon...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: League Play Begins Today | 4/2/2010 | See Source »

John Blewis, 36, a general manager in Fort Myers, Fla., started training for his first marathon 10 months ago, after seeing on Facebook that a friend from high school had run in their hometown race in Buffalo, N.Y. He joked that he would jog with her the next time around. Three half-marathons later (and 45 lb. lighter), he's registered to compete in the Buffalo marathon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running in Marathons: Facebook Made Me Do It | 4/2/2010 | See Source »

Books on training for a marathon always encourage people to tell everyone they know about their intention to run 26.2 miles in one grueling stretch. Facebook just might be the perfect forum for broadcasting such a goal and making the goal setter stick to it. Cara Sronce, a 24-year-old law student in Carbondale, Ill., says that soon after she signed up for her first marathon, the 2010 Chicago race, she posted a status update about getting ready for the October event. "I figure I can't stop now, unless I get some serious injury or something," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running in Marathons: Facebook Made Me Do It | 4/2/2010 | See Source »

Scroll through your Facebook newsfeed these days, and chances are you'll feel like a slacker. Why? Because everyone and his uncle seems to be getting ready to run a marathon. They're asking for donations, creating special support-me-while-I'm-training groups and posting status updates about returning from a 20-mile run at an hour when most sane people are lazily rolling out of bed. The nonprofit group Running USA reports that there were 467,000 marathon finishers last year, up nearly 10% from 2008 - and the highest number of finishers to date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running in Marathons: Facebook Made Me Do It | 4/2/2010 | See Source »

...b.good burger costume) with community members every Saturday morning to raise awareness for education. (Jog along with him, and you'll get to eat free b.good burgers afterward too!) He has also just announced plans for a race against the Green Line before he finally runs in the Boston Marathon...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Burgerman Gains Support For His Passion | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

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