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Word: wicklund (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...29th of April, I'm planning to run a 10,000-meter race in Central Park. I have a ten-dollar bet with my doctor on whether or not I'll finish," Wicklund says. The septuagenarian also plans to run in October's New York City Marathon and finish in under four hours...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: A Grand, Old Runner | 4/18/1978 | See Source »

...Wicklund's past is truly a memory-studded one, but he has been unable to fulfill his two main aspirations--running an Olympic Marathon and winning in Boston. He qualified for the 1944 U.S. Olympic team, but because of World War II, the '44 Games were cancelled...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: A Grand, Old Runner | 4/18/1978 | See Source »

...could have killed Hitler myself," Wicklund says...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: A Grand, Old Runner | 4/18/1978 | See Source »

...Boston, Wicklund came close twice, finished seventh in 1943 and fourth in 1944. But back then, Wicklund remembers, the Boston race took a somewhat different form...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: A Grand, Old Runner | 4/18/1978 | See Source »

...marathon, in any form, has been part of Wicklund's life for more than half a century...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: A Grand, Old Runner | 4/18/1978 | See Source »

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