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For Runners Outside Elite Field, Boston Marathon Finish Is A Personal Victory

The elite winners of the Boston Marathon take home the fame and prize money. For the 30,000 non-elite runners participating in this year’s marathon, the glory comes in the accomplishment. Shannon Dooling spent the day near the finish line, talking with some of those runners and their biggest fans. This report comes from the New England News Collaborative: eight […]

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The Crisis Of Confidence That Nearly Ended Des Linden’s Running Career

Today Des Linden returns to the Boston Marathon course to defend her title. One year ago she became the first American woman champion in more than three decades. But she almost didn’t make it to the starting line in 2018. We pick up the story 10 months earlier, on the other side of the world.

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