Word: marathoning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then Brittin decided to qualify for the Boston Marathon, realizing he had to shave a half an hour off his previous time, a herculean feat. So, in pursuit of the lower time, he entered the Virginia Beach Rotary Shamrock Marathon in March...
Riding alongside Brittin on a bicycle, keeping the time and providing encouragement, was Mike Burns. Burns, from Martinsville, Va., placed 213th in last year's Boston Marathon and the stocky runner has a best-ever time of 2:43:10. He, Brittin, Bill Kalal and Ferris Mack will be part of the crowd of 1951 participants, the most ever, in today's 78th Boston Marathon...
...There's no one reason for running a marathon," Kalal said. "I'm not sure why I'm doing it, but after 20 miles and those last six miles there does seem to be a reason for me being there. I can't say what it is...it's like the pain and the distance will impose a meaning on the run itself...
...quit, more for philosophical reasons than for anything else. He said simply that he is involved with running, not winning. Burns, an intense red-headed sophomore, has stayed on the track team, although he says he has had some misgivings. His reasons for running in the Boston Marathon are different from Kala...
...ultimate test of a distance runner. Any distance runner worth his weight in track shoes will want to try a marathon," Burns said. "And the Boston Marathon is the class marathon in the United States. I wanted to give myself a chance to run against the best...