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posted: 5/6/2008 at 12:29 PM |
Sammy Mellor is shown leading at 22 miles of the 8th running of the Boston Marathon. This amazing photo shows wonderful detail of children, bicyclists and horse-drawn carriages accompanying the leader.
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posted: 5/6/2008 at 12:33 PM |
| Arguably the coolest post ever. |
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posted: 5/6/2008 at 12:44 PM |
| Mile 22. He could see the CITGO sign from there! |
Just 'cause you can, doesn't mean you should
Mount Desert Island Marathon, Maine 19 October |
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posted: 5/6/2008 at 12:59 PM |
He dropped out right after this.
And it kind of looks like mile 21, right near Boston College and the top of Heartbreak. But I'm sure a lot has changed since then. |
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posted: 5/6/2008 at 1:27 PM |
| That's a most excellent picture. Thanks for posting it. |
| "Good-looking people have no spine. Their art never lasts. They get the girls, but we're smarter." - Lester Bangs |
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posted: 5/6/2008 at 1:48 PM |
| Seriously though - if you are in 2nd place in that race how do you ever expect to catch the leader through that mass of people? |
"80% of success is showing up." ~ Woody Allen
"Go that way... really fast. If something gets in your way... turn." ~ Charles DeMar
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