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 [...]
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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 10:30 a.m., John O’Connor is resting near the starting line for the Boston Marathon. Throngs of other runners have taken off toward Boston, and O’Connor is waiting to join them. But the thing that will separate him from the pack is the fact that he already ran the marathon three times overnight. He’s [...]
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I’m having trouble reaching John O’Connor this morning because somebody else is carrying his cell phone at this point, and my two calls were not answered. But I did reach O’Connor’s friend, Pete Bonaccorsi, who is on O’Connor’s team. Bonaccorsi said about 7:40 a.m., O’Connor was in Wellesley, heading to Hopkinton. O’Connor is on track [...]
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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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