John O’Connor is on Beacon Street in Boston and heading down the home stretch.
“Just moving forward,” he said. “One step at a time. Sort of a slow shuffle at this time.”
He’s running behind schedule, it looks like he won’t complete the ultramarathon in 24 hours, it will take him about 25. He expects to complete [...]
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Here’s an audio interview from a phone conversation I had with John O’Connor while he was on the road for his fourth marathon.
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Ever wonder what your feet would look like if you tried to run 104 miles? In this photo, shot by Jack Struble, John O’Connor stops to do a little repair work.
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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 been to [...]
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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 most [...]
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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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