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Boston Marathon invites stopped runners back

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:48:32 MDT

Boston Marathon invites stopped runners back

The Associated Press

Updated May 16, 2013 11:48PM MDT

Boston • Boston Marathon organizers say runners who couldn’t finish this year’s race because of the explosions at the finish line can come back next year. The Boston Athletic Association says people who passed the halfway checkpoint but not the finish line will get a code they can use to sign up in August. Regular registration for the 2014 Boston Marathon is scheduled to start in September. The invitation applies to more than 5,000 people who were stopped on the course when the race was shut...

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Boston bombing suspect buried in Virginia cemetery

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:26:16 MDT

Boston bombing suspect buried in Virginia cemetery

The Associated Press

Updated May 10, 2013 11:26PM MDT

Doswell, Va. • Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in a cemetery in central Virginia, infuriating some members of the area’s Islamic community who say they weren’t consulted and flooring at least one neighbor who said she didn’t even know she lived near a burial ground. The secret interment this week at a small Islamic cemetery ended a frustrating search for a community willing to take the body, which had been kept at a funeral parlor in Worcester, Mass. Tsarnaev, 2...

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For 1st race after Marathon, BAA sees bigger field

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:33:57 MDT

For 1st race after Marathon, BAA sees bigger field

The Associated Press

Updated May 8, 2013 11:33PM MDT

Boston • The field is filling up quickly for the Boston Athletics Association 10K, the organization’s first race since the bombing of the Boston Marathon. B.A.A. Executive Director Tom Grilk says there are only a few hundred spots left in the field of 6,500. The race did not sell out in its previous two years. The B.A.A. 10K will be held this year on June 23. It winds its way along Commonwealth Avenue through Boston’s Back Bay and Beacon Hill neighborhoods. The course does not travel on Boyl...

Desert marathon

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:17:02 MDT

Desert marathon

Updated May 7, 2013 11:17AM MDT

I finally found a marathon I can endorse. The Salt Flats 100 Mile Endurance Run, which occurred on a recent weekend, makes tremendous sense to me. The “slowest event ever held on Bonneville Speedway” does not interfere with traffic or inconvenience anyone not involved in the activity. That’s something I can really support! Harry W. Patrick Salt Lake City