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Boston Marathon Runners disappointed over Marathon cancellation
The Boston Athletic Association announced this year's event will be held as a virtual event.
Those who were supposed to run the marathon this year can run the course anytime between September 7 and 14.
Runners will be required to complete the distance within six hours and provide proof of timing.
The president of the Greater Springfield Harriers Running Club says cancelling the marathon was the right move.
"I think myself, like most runners we really understand it. With the marathon just how many runners, where they are coming from, the number of volunteers needed, it's just not the right thing to do,” said Bob Landry of the Greater Springfield Harriers.
When the marathon was initially postponed on March 12 there were only about 20 COVID-19 cases in Boston but now there are more than 13,000.
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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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