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...Mile by mile with Weaver
...Mile 0: The starting line, Hopkinton. But since I’m a bandit, I had to begin 3/4 of a mile behind the starting line, with the other 10,000 or so locals, so I’ve been running for about 5 minutes now. The official starting time was 12 noon. It’s now about...
...Mile 6: Ah, glorious suburbia. What other event is there where something like a quarter of a million people come out to cheer you on in the hope that you finish a distance of 26.2 miles? It’s one of those things that makes America great. Families on the sidelines with oranges everywhere. Feeling good. I’m getting a lot of comments about how “You’re Kenyan?!?” I think: hey chips, just keep cheerin?...
...This is like a 26-mile street party,” said Rick Gunzi, a Michigan resident who has run four Boston Marathons and 18 marathons overall...
...beers, Sam Adams, at the 18th mile,” Gunzi said...