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NYC Running a Breeze for Filipina

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by Roman Espejo Blocks after the finish line at the New York City Marathon, Bernadette “Bards” Bathan flashed her unofficial time on her running watch: 4 hours, 39 minutes and 32 seconds. Sixteen minutes under her personal best. “Do you want to take a picture of it?” she asked me. Bathan, 36, and four others […]

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When Pain is Your Running Partner

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By Peggy Truong
At home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mark Wallace wasn’t able to walk without limping or grinding his teeth. But he was determined to run the New York City Marathon on Sunday. It’s one of the items on his to-do list, along with skydiving in Switzerland, running with the bulls in Spain and traveling to every continent.

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A last marathon, a family affair

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By Almudena Toral Julian Silgado, a Spaniard who has run 34 marathons, once promised his daughters that if he was still running at age 60, he would bring them and their families with him to New York to watch him run his last marathon. At the age of 60, he is still a devoted runner. […]

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40,000 Runners, 40,000 Pre-Race Routines

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By Emily Lavin Lamar Robertsen has an advantage over other marathon runners on race day. “Before I leave the house, I eat a mint chocolate chip energy bar while the theme song from ‘Rocky’ plays in the background,” said Robertsen, 39. “It’s cheesy, I know, but I’ve done it before every race for the last […]

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