Boston marathon

• BOSTON (AP) -- The Run for the Hoses. The Duel in the Sun. The Inferno.
(CNN Sports Illustrated)
• When Thad Ghim lines up in Hopkinton, Mass., for the start of the 116th Boston Marathon, the retired Emory medical school professor and pediatric oncologist won't hold much hope for placing high.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• While qualifying times were mostly set in much cooler conditions, the possibility of record-breaking high temperatures will slow down everyone participating. The hotter it gets, the harder the 26.2 miles is on a person's body.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• Dick Beardsley still gets goose bumps when he watches old footage of the startling finish of his 1982 Boston Marathon duel with fellow American runner Alberto Salazar.
(Boston Herald)
• Survivor winner Ethan Zohn was unable to try to qualify for the Boston Marathon this year since hes battling a recurrence of Hodgkins lymphoma – so his friend, former Bachelorette star Ryan Sutter, is stepping up to the plate.
(People)
• BOSTON (Reuters) - Organizers of Mondays Boston Marathon have put extra safety measures in place and are encouraging some runners to sit out the event entirely on what is projected to be one of the hottest days in the races 116-year history.
(YAHOO!)
• Add Desiree Davila to the short list of runners that would relish the opportunity to compete in the 80-degree-plus temperatures forecasted for tomorrow's Boston Marathon.
(Boston Herald)
• BOSTON — Kevin Meany has attended 28 marathons, but never has he stood with the throngs of spectators cheering on the runners. When runners cross the finish line of the Boston Marathon tomorrow, he wont be watching from the sidelines.
(Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• The 116th Boston Marathon picked up, ahem, steam yesterday as the No.
(Boston Herald)
• Survivor winner Ethan Zohn was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, CD20-positive Hodgkins lymphoma, three years ago.
(Zap2it.com)