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...slipped in along the route. Response to the celebration race overwhelmed organizers at the Boston Athletic Association who provided water, blankets, portable toilets and other necessities for participants. In spite of the crush, race-day logistics and weather were flawless. Despite a warm day for a marathon, each runner was given a silver mylar blanket to prevent hypothermia after crossing the finish line. "Under the bright, sunny skies, the thousands and thousands of shiny blankets looked like this giant school of fish coming down Boston street," says Allis. "It was immense...
Mark Hunter '97 of Mather House says he will run as a registered runner--he qualified last summer by running a 3:06, just passing the mark by four minutes...
This year, the so-called "computer chip" was introduced as a security measure; it is a device which is laced through the shoes and times each registered runner...
...YEAR NOW, EHTIOPIAN DISTANCE RUNNER HAILE Gebrselassie has looked little short of superhuman. Last summer on the track he was undefeated in races at four distances and set world records in three. His 5,000-m record of 12:44.39 bettered the previous mark by the biggest margin (10.91 sec) in 63 years and is widely regarded as the greatest track performance in history. This winter he competed indoors for the first time and set two world records, again by stupendous margins. He talked of running the 5,000 and the 10,000 in Atlanta and looked a prohibitive favorite...
...Senate. There, his environmental concerns earned Muskie the nickname "Mr. Clean," part of a low-key liberalism that landed him the vice-presidential slot on the Democrats' failed 1968 ticket. But the presidential nomination eluded Muskie four years later. In the New Hampshire primary, he was the front runner but was overcome with emotion--crying, according to some--after an attack on his wife by the Manchester Union Leader. Shortly after, his campaign sputtered. Muskie left the Senate in 1980 to serve as Secretary of State in the final months of the Carter Administration...