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BostonLog.com : Six years as “the Flying Parson” – Ed Plowman (April 19, 1967)
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Faces in the Crowd. Tuesday, September 15, 2015. Six years as “the Flying Parson” –. Ed Plowman (April 19, 1967). My first Boston Marathon was a dream come true. I had read about the Boston Marathon for many years and just simply couldn’t believe it when I arrived. As an elementary school kid, I had read about the Boston Marathon in the “Weekly Reader,” and I’d ask people “What direction from Yadkin County, North Carolina, is Boston? 8221; (and he wasn’t referring to my ankle either! As for me, I jumped ...
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BostonLog.com : April 21, 2014 - America’s Good Luck Charm
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Faces in the Crowd. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. April 21, 2014 - America’s Good Luck Charm. After hiking the Appalachian Trail,. Marathon training at Nags Head, NC. At the half way point, Virginia Beach marathon - 1973. At the half way point, Virginia Beach marathon - 2013. Virginia Beach, St. Patrick's Day 2013. A month later, we were following Kenneth Williams’s progress at the 117th Boston on line while driving home from Nashville. His split at 40K was a little slower than he’d hoped for...Of course I h...
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BostonLog.com : April 18, 2011 - Still paying back for a race just under the wire...
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Faces in the Crowd. Wednesday, July 2, 2014. April 18, 2011 - Still paying back for a race just under the wire. Our patient was treated gently and respectfully, as if she should feel no more pain. She had already suffered enough. Even though I only knew her for the last five minutes of her life, I feel like I had lost a family member. I think about her every day, and every night when I can't sleep, which is often. At the half way point. Making the turn off Hereford Street. I thought to myself, I have to ...
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BostonLog.com : Let me tell you, Boston takes no prisoners - Vince Hemingson (April 17, 2006)
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Faces in the Crowd. Friday, May 29, 2015. Let me tell you, Boston takes no prisoners - Vince Hemingson (April 17, 2006). When I told him I had just qualified for Boston, his enthused response took me a little aback. "Wow, that's great! That's tough, you know, to qualify for Boston. I raced at Boston a few times and Boy! That race. Congratulations! Have fun in your 1st Boston Marathon! There is no way to sugar-coat it. I got slapped around in Boston - but good. The sheer numbers of people running ...Truth...
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BostonLog.com : The weather was brutal. I don’t remember ever being so cold. - Mark Davidhizar (April 20, 2015)
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Faces in the Crowd. Saturday, July 11, 2015. The weather was brutal. I don’t remember ever being so cold. - Mark Davidhizar (April 20, 2015). Weather-wise this was one of the most miserable experiences of my life; but at the same time, Boston 2015 was one of the best experiences of my life. But before talking about race day, what a great weekend it was in Boston! Celebrities spotted in the BAA 5K: My wife Tina and Sean Astin. The rest of our day was spent at the expo and a Red Sox game. As you can imagin...
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BostonLog.com : April 21, 2014 - Boston on a Five Year Cycle
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Faces in the Crowd. Monday, October 20, 2014. April 21, 2014 - Boston on a Five Year Cycle. We started running in 2004 and at first never thought of doing a marathon. We just ran because it was fun. However, after a few weeks we signed up for a 10k race - my first - and we really enjoyed it! Then after a while we thought: "New York City Marathon. Wow, that would be the race! So I started small: I did the Berlin Marathon in 2006 and NYC in 2007. But we finished and we decided to come back five years later!
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BostonLog.com : April 21, 2014 - Thank you, Boston, for your strength, perseverance, beauty, and grace.
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Faces in the Crowd. Monday, July 7, 2014. April 21, 2014 - Thank you, Boston, for your strength, perseverance, beauty, and grace. Just about anything I say will not do it any justice. But let me try…again. Amazing support. The BAA kept in perfect contact with us through the final crazy month and few last weeks. Their information content was right on and they repeated very important items. People. Young and old, from places I have no idea where. Stories from along the road. I will cherish these memories a...
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BostonLog.com : April 21, 2014 - This Boston Was Tutu Memorable To Ever Forget
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Faces in the Crowd. Monday, October 6, 2014. April 21, 2014 - This Boston Was Tutu Memorable To Ever Forget. Then came the 117th Boston and once again I was tracking my friends. Watching the broadcast of the race made me even more excited, knowing I was going to be there in about a year. I had one more friend just about getting ready to finish when to my shock and horror, the surreal events of the bombing unfolded before me on my Twitter feed and in news reports from the area. Ashland was where I first g...
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BostonLog.com : April 21, 2014 - Third time's the charm!
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Faces in the Crowd. Sunday, June 29, 2014. April 21, 2014 - Third time's the charm! My Boston Marathon story starts on January 4th, 2011. That was the day I weighed in for “The Biggest Loser” challenge at work, and I tipped the scale at 300 pounds. That’s the most I have ever weighed in my life. At the time, I could barely walk three miles without stopping. And take the train home. As much as I’d like them there, I’m not willing to take a chance. As with the previous two Boston’s, my father-in-law ...
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BostonLog.com : Faces in the Crowd
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Faces in the Crowd. Faces in the Crowd. Identifiable only by his New Balance headband, William H. Rodgers of Boston MA. Appears lost in a sea of runners at the start of the 1975 Boston Marathon (APWIREPHOTO). Runners from 17 different countries competed. Ari-Pekka Gylbing (U98) is described as one of four Finns on hand “and they never can be ignored…” He will cut three and a half minutes off his PR and finish 13. More Faces in the Crowd. After attending Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Allen. Austrian bor...