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ATLANTA IS IT

From its start in Hopkinton (below) to the finish 26.2 miles later, the Boston Marathon is special to those who live and toil along its course

Having arrived at 59, the author has determined, a posteriori, that people cannot run just one marathon, but must run them over and over—and, a priori, that while a world composed solely of runners would be...

There were three of us, close friends, who used to run in the Boston Marathon. This was in the '60s when no qualifying time was necessary and the fields were considerably smaller. Not that we hadn't trained hard for...

Anyone who has gone through life feeling unloved should try running the Boston Marathon at least once, says the author, who has competed in eight of the races, having run out of excuses not to