Word: marathoning
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...Doty, the same runner who participated in the Boston Marathon, is the leading weight man on the team, but according to Wilson, his legs are still shaking from the marathon...
There was hope in Boston. Not for eleven years had an American won the annual Patriots' Day Marathon, a grind of 26 miles and 385 yards winding from suburban Hopkinton to the finish line at Exeter Street in downtown Boston. This year, after a decade of watching Japanese, Koreans and Finnish runners wallop America's best, loyal Bostonians saw a chance for victory. There were no entrants from Japan or Korea, and the Finns were represented by a pair of solemn runners who ranked no better than fifth and sixth in their own marathon-happy country...
...runners were treated as princely guests. "In Finland," explained one of their sponsors, "a marathon runner is very glamorous. What you think of a movie star we think of a marathon runner...
...away. Mayor John B. Hynes clapped the laurel wreath on his head and adoring Finnish-Americans enshrouded him in a blanket. Unsure of Viskari's English, an admirer shouted: "Record! Record! Understand?" Viskari grinned as well as he could. His time: 2 hr. 14 min. 14 sec., fastest marathon ever run. Kelley, 125 yards back at the finish, crossed 19 seconds later, also breaking the old record...
...couldn't run any faster." The one consolation for the U.S. is that Kelley and Costes may get another crack at the Finns in the Olympic Games at Melbourne. But this is dampened by the fact that there are several runners back home who can beat Marathon Victor Viskari. "We run good because there isn't much else to do," explained one of the Finns. "Besides, we are very close to the Russians...