Monday, April 16, 2018: the 122nd Boston Marathon, and the 50th anniversary of Amby Burfoot’s victory in the 1968 marathon. (click on images to embiggen):
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- Amby training in Mexico
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- The hordes return to Boston
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- Literally, the calm before the storm
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- Amby with Bobbi Gibb
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- We had a plan…
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- …and a soundtrack
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- Jonathan Beverly lent Amby his gore-tex jacket
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- The card Amby hands out to kids along the course
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- Frankie got one in 2017
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- He made a sign for Amby this year
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- Coffee is hard, pre-coffee
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- Hotel pre-race: Amby and Michelle…
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- …and Gary!
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- VIP tent, pre-race
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- Still dry and warm. What’s not to be happy about?
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- Mike Myers, pitcher for the 2004 Red Sox, ran for the ALS Angel Fund
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- In the gym
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- In the start corral
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- Walk break!
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- The finish line approaches
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- The Three Amigos
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- Smelling the finish
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- Almost…
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- Almoster…
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- Hi, y’all!
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- Hi, Cristina!
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- Flood, Sweat, and Tears
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- VIP tent post-race
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- Amby would have had to bend over to take off his socks for his post-race shower
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- “We didn’t see any fish on the course until mile 24.”
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- Well-earned
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- She agrees.
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- Post-race dinner
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- A rebuttal?
