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...First Aid Station at the 21-mile mark. We eagerly watched Gelindo Bordin cruise by in the lead, followed closely by Juma Ikangaa...
...sized up the race ahead of me--it would be tough, especially the two mile hill between the 18th and 20th mile that they call Heartbreak Hill. My goal was to put out a strong sustained effort for 26.2 miles and finish under four hours. It would take a great deal of mental discipline and a formidable physical effort, but I was not scared. I knew what I had to do and how to do it. All that remained...
Kids in their souped-up Chevys have been parading up and down the four-mile strip, honking horns and whistling at the girls, since the 1950s. But with 5,000 cars choking the avenue on Friday and Saturday nights, rock throwing, fighting, drugs, drinking and backseat sex have replaced good old-fashioned gawking. Police say the motorized mayhem puts a drag on protecting the rest of Modesto. "I've seen them take weapons and drugs from the kids," said Mayor Carol Whiteside. Last fall there was even a gang-related shooting...
...could resist the temptation? The ever solicitous Citibank dangled before me in the autumn mail an offer of a preapproved Visa card that would grant one frequent-flyer mile on American Airlines for each dollar charged. The lure of these two American obsessions -- credit and free travel -- proved irresistible, so I mailed the form and soon received cards for my wife and me. A month later, after we had rung up more than $4,200 in charges (about 20% of what would be needed for a free round-trip domestic ticket), my wife pulled out the card to purchase...
...enough time to run a mile...if you're in shape, drink a beer...if you're pounding (or maybe less), and beat Vermont...if you're on the Harvard men's lacrosse team...