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Marathon spirit: Three Menlo Park runners participate in the race where it all started
Sports, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Dec 12, 2007 at 10:58 pm

Intrigued by the origin of the marathon — the 26.2-mile race Arlene McCarthy and I had each run elsewhere 10 times — three of us decided to enter the Nov. 4 race on the first marathon's 2500-year-old course, in Athens, Greece.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 12:00 AM

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Posted by Rex Pechler, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Dec 12, 2007 at 10:58 pm

Nice article Mom!

Pictures that go along with this article: Web Link

Posted by Ken, a resident of another community, on Dec 13, 2007 at 1:21 pm

Congrats Carol on a fine Marathon performance.....

Expect you back at Buck's every Wednesday 7:15 AM to share photos, stories, and run with us....

Ken

Posted by Cara, a resident of another community, on Dec 17, 2007 at 7:47 am

Fun story! Congrats!

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