Word: marathoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rosie Ruiz, whose first-place finish in the Boston Marathon has been heavily disputed, had her clocking at the New York City Marathon invalidated by race officials yesterday...
Ruiz's time of 2:56.29 in October had qualified her for the Boston race. The New York run was her first marathon...
Rosie Ruiz, winner of the women's division of the Boston Marathon, yesterday repeated that she had run the entire 26-mile course and was indeed the winner of the race...
Harvard assistant women's track coach John Babington has looked toward "next year" for the past 12 years. Completing his 13th consecutive Boston marathon in 3:08, Babington said he sees the race as an annual tradition more than anything else--"I'm strictly a casual and amateur Marathon runner," Babington said. "As a coach I would discourage any runner who put in as little training as I did." Thirty-four years old, the rookie coach started running the Marathons when he entered Harvard Law School in 1968. Although he admits he does not really enjoy the race, preferring...
With the increase in the number and caliber of Harvard participants in the grueling race, someday Crimson runners in the Boston Marathon may become a new Massachusetts tradition...