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8. Why do sport experts and doctors urge runners to prepare themselves for running
long distances?
9. Why do people run?
10. How do people feel when they cross the finish line?
Boston Marathon
This year, thousands of people from many nations are running marathon races
in the United States. Many cities hold these races of more than forty-two kilometers.
More than sixteen thousand people will compete on April 15, 2002 in the 106th
Boston Marathon. The race is the oldest marathon in the world held each year.
Men and women over eighteen run in the marathon. The largest number of
runners, eight thousand six hundred, is in the under forty group. It is not surprising
that the smallest number, forty-five, is in the seventy and older age group.
Winners of the 2001 Boston Marathon in the under-age-forty group will race
again this year. Lee Bong-Ju of South Korea won the men’s race last year. Catherine
Ndereba of Kenya won the women’s race. They are among many serious competitors
in the 2002 marathon.
Winners will share five hundred twenty-five thousand dollars in prize money
given by companies and organizations.
Runners in the Boston Marathon have demonstrated that they are good at the
sport. They completed earlier races called qualifying races. They have to run those
races within a set time.
Other people join the Boston Marathon just for fun. These people have not
officially joined the race. They just start running with the crowds. They are called
bandits. Many of them probably will finish hours after the serious runners. But these
unofficial racers are just as happy. They sometimes kiss the ground after crossing the
finish line.
The runners will begin this year’s Boston Marathon at noon next Monday in
the town of Hopkinton, Massachusetts. They will then pass through the towns of
Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton and Brookline. They will run up
and down hills. They will complete the race in the center of Boston.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch the marathon. Many
will carry signs that say things like, “We are proud of you, Mommy.”
Security for both watchers and runners has been increased this year, after the
terrorist attacks on the United States last September.

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