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Boston: The Horror
We had just finished up the press conferences Monday and I was sitting down to write my story about the 117th Boston Marathon. My friend Glenn Jordan of the Portland Press-Herald was sitting next to me, writing his story about Joan Benoit Samuelson...
Tags: Boston Marathon, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Running, Road Running, Sports
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Boston Blasts Prompt Rentschler Officials To Re-Examine Security For Blue-White Football Game
The Hartford CourantWith the UConn Blue-White Spring Football Game set to kick off Saturday at Rentschler Field, stadium officials conferred with security personnel to outline a plan Monday. But by the end of the day, the plan was set to change. Explosions near the...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Transportation Industry, Baseball, Services and Shopping, Travelers Championship
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Triumph Over Tragedy: First Sandy Hook Run Draws Thousands
The Hartford CourantThe event that inspired it was a tragedy like nothing the state had seen before, but the mood at the first Sandy Hook Run for the Families Saturday morning was one of celebration, triumph and hope. A record-breaking 15,000 runners took part in the...Tags: Pedro E. Segarra, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Old State House, Road Running
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Running A Marathon In The Winter – Indoors
The Hartford CourantScott Sutter wanted to be a fighter pilot since he was 6 years old. When he arrived at The Citadel in South Carolina in the late '90s, he decided that he wanted to go into Special Forces, specializing in high-risk military missions. Then he discovered...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Boston Marathon, AEG, XL Center, Road Running
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Run for Sandy Hook set for March 23
The Hartford Marathon Foundation has a new event, the Run for Sandy Hook 5K, which will take place March 23 at Western Connecticut State University. All the proceeds from the race will go to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund, administered by the United...
Tags: Sports, Western Connecticut State University
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Mary Haines, 98, Led The Fullest Of Lives
The Hartford CourantMary Haines once got a javelin for her birthday. It was a 7-foot regulation javelin, almost 2 feet taller than Haines was. At the time, Haines was 83 years old. A familiar sight on the state road racing circuit, Haines wanted to learn how to throw the...Tags: Manchester Road Race, Track and Field, Running, Basketball, Sports
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Runners Take Many Different And Inspirational Paths
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD – Every runner has a story. Here are some from Saturday's ING Hartford Marathon: Justin Ordway of Southbury is 10 years old. He runs once a week with a group from his travel soccer team, but he also plays travel basketball and baseball,...Tags: U.S. Navy, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapists, Chemotherapy, American Cancer Society
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Top 10 Results For ING Hartford Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5K
Marathon Top 10 men: 1. Abiyot Endale, Ethiopia, 2:15:35 (old record, 2:16:33, Moses Kemboi, 2005); 2. Mathew Kiplagat, Kenya, 2:17:53; 3. Matt Pelletier, West Greenwich, R.I., 2:19:33; 4. Chris Zablocki, Essex, 2:20:11; 5. Jared Burdick, Manlius, N.Y.,...Tags: Sports
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ING Hartford Marathon: It's pretty darn cold, but otherwise perfect for the Marathon
It's marathon day and the ING Hartford Marathon is set to go off at 8 a.m. It was a record 27 degrees this morning. It feels more like Manchester Road Race morning than Hartford Marathon morning but hey, better chilly than hot in October. ...
Tags: Bushnell Park, Manchester Road Race, Sports, Running, Road Running
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ING Hartford Marathon: Terer, Reilly win half-marathon
Philomen Terer of Kenya won the half-marathon in 1:05:42 and his best friend and training partner Benard Langat was second in 1:05:49 at Saturday's ING Hartford Marathon. Stephanie Reilly, an Irish Olympic steeplechaser who coaches cross country...Tags: Sports
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ING Hartford Marathon: Endale, Dionne win marathon
Abiyot Endale of Ethiopia won the ING Hartford Marathon in a record 2:15:35 Saturday morning and Hilary Dionne of Charlestown, Mass. was the women's winner (2:40:34), shaving eight minutes of her personal best. Mathew Kiplagat of Kenya, who won the...
Tags: Sports
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ING Hartford Marathon: Tomorrow's the big day
I find it mindboggling that 16,000 people are expected to participate in some way, shape or form in the 19th annual ING Hartford Marathon Saturday. About 1,700 completed the initial race in 1994 - 400 in the marathon, 600 in the half-marathon and...
Tags: Aetna Inc., Sports
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