It's Patriots' Day and the BostonMarathon is back. The 2020 race was called off because of the pandemic, and the 2021 version was postponed to October.
About one-third of the National Guard group marched in October, too. Capt. Gus Ashton, 29, said the crowds last year were great and he’s excited to get back out again and see even more people on the course.The Boston Athletic Assn. is markingwhen Nina Kuscsik became the first official women’s winner.
Valerie Rogosheske, who finished sixth in ’72, said she had been planning to hide in the bushes and run as a bandit before women got the go-ahead a few weeks before the race. She is running this year with her daughters, and serve as the honorary starter for the women’s elite field. “There was just this feeling of, ‘Boy, we’re going to do this. No one can drop out. There are eyes upon us,’” she said at the starting line on Monday. “Many people didn’t think we should be running a marathon. So that’s why we really felt that pressure but opportunity as well to finish this marathon.
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