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Longtime New Hampshire resident Mike Beeman, set to running in his 47th consecutive Boston Marathon this year
When it comes to running the Boston Marathon, any runner who has done it for at least the last 25 straight years is part of the “Quarter-Century Club.”
There are 121 people in that club right now, including longtime New Hampshire resident Mike Beeman, who is set to run his 47th consecutive Boston Marathon in April.
Beeman is a Pinkerton graduate and a former teacher and coach at Salem High School and Londonderry High School.
He lives in Georgia now and he is fifth on the list of quarter-century runners.
“I’ve run just about everywhere. Boston is just so special. The fanbase, the knowledge of the people out there on the course, it is great. The people change, but the cheering and the excitement, especially towards the end, never changes,” Beeman said.
Beeman said he would like to get to 50 straight Boston Marathons, which would put him in the even-more-exclusive “Half-Century Club” of Boston Marathon runners.
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Boston Marathon
Among the nation’s oldest athletic clubs, the B.A.A. was established in 1887, and, in 1896, more than half of the U.S. Olympic Team at the first modern games was composed of B.A.A. club members. The Olympic Games provided the inspiration for the first Boston Marathon, which culminated the B.A.A. Games on April 19, 1897. John J. McDermott emerged from a...
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