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John O’Connor completed his first marathon and arrived in Hopkinton at 10:40 p.m. tonight. “I was right on schedule,” he said. The first leg of his 104-mile journey took him 5 hours and 10 minutes. He switched up his hydration pack and began running back toward Boston. To help his body cope with the punishment, [...]
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O’Connor is running this ultra marathon to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps injured men and women who served in the military. O’Connor’s goal was to raise $5,000, and he was close to achieving that goal before today (we’ll check in with him to find out how much he raised when all [...]
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As of 8:04 p.m., John O’Connor was halfway through the first leg of his insanely long run. O’Connor made it halfway from Boston to Hopkinton in 2 hours and 31 minutes, he said. “We’re just looking at a five-hour marathon right now,” he said. O’Connor spotted one of his co-workers cheering him on, which helped [...]
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As of 5:45 p.m., John O’Connor was on Beacon Street in Boston. He started running at 5:33 p.m. and he expects to make it into Hopkinton by about 10:45 p.m. His friend, Boston University police Officer Jack Struble, is escorting him on a bicycle for the first three marathons. Struble, a Marine Corps. sniper, has [...]
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Haverhill’s John O’Connor says he is “very much” ready to run four Boston Marathons – for a total of 104.8 miles. O’Connor is what’s known as an “ultrarunner,” somebody who can run longer than most of us care to drive. He is attempting this feat to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project (woundedwarriorproject.org). While [...]
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We’re planning to interview John during and after his trek. Does anybody out there have anything they would like to ask him?
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On Monday Reporters’ Notebook will be following John O’Connor — no, not John Connor, the one running from the Terminator. Our O’Connor, a Bradford man, is running the Boston Marathon for a cause. Yep, so are a slew of other people. What sets O’Connor apart, however, is that he’s not just running the 26.2-mile stretch [...]
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