Posted in Boston Marathon on Apr 19th, 2009 View Comments
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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