American Greg Takacs, 36, ran in the Boston Marathon last week and was proudly wearing his Boston race shirt adorned with black ribbons in respect to the victims.
He ran the marathon in aid of The Breast Cancer Campaign, the charity to benefit from the cycling challenge.
So she ran the New York City Marathon in 2010, finishing second, then won the Olympic trials in January of 2012.
He once ran the London Marathon in memory of a colleague who had been murdered by her ex-partner.
In 2007 Williams ran the Boston Marathon from the International Space Station, finishing with an official time of four hours, 23 minutes and 10 seconds.
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This isn't the first time our wonder-naut has done such a thing, either, having "ran" the Boston marathon in 2007, clocking in a time of 4:23:10, which frankly, is just showing off.
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She has revived her injury-marred career since giving birth last February, and she ran a 2:41 marathon in September to qualify for the trials.
In 490BC the military messenger Pheidippides ran to Athens from the battle of Marathon to announce victory over the Persians.
Gebremariam was second in the 2004 World Cross Country Championships behind Bekele, while Berhanu ran the fastest half marathon ever on British soil to win last September's BUPA Great North Run.
Lagat, who ran 3 miles from home to school growing up, plans to compete in the New York City Marathon one day.
She designated 2012 as the year of running: She ran her first 5K in May and her first half marathon later that year.
Mr. Farah, who is building up to the marathon distance, ran only the first half of the race, finishing in less than an hour.
He started training with Achilles at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, and just 10 months after his injury, he ran the New York City Marathon.
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