THE BOSTON GLOBE
They were there when it all started. Quite literally.
With a little more than 90 other runners, they stood in a driving rainstorm on that Wednesday afternoon in the summer of 1973, and then ran from barroom to barroom along the Cape Cod seashore.
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FALMOUTH — From the start line next to Captain Kidd in Woods Hole to posters at each mile marker and displays on the bib numbers of each runner, New Balance Falmouth Road Race participants from around the world will be reminded of the event’s founder this weekend.
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Dave McGillivray, race director of the Boston Marathon and the New Balance Falmouth Road Race, has run across the United States, swam from Martha’s Vineyard to Falmouth, and done the Boston Marathon blindfolded.
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After speaking during Friday morning’s Falmouth Road Race press conference, Stephen Sambu and several of the runners in attendance wanted to get some fresh air.
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There will be something waiting for every runner who completes the New Balance Falmouth Road Race on Sunday.
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Amid your rhythmic footfalls, Falmouth Road Race landmarks come and go. The Nobska lighthouse. The flat miles along the Vineyard Sound. The loop around the inner harbor. You check your watch at each mile marker. Right on pace. As the beachside finish nears, the crowds grow larger and louder. You sprint beneath a giant American flag, cross the line 150 yards later, and find a bank of photographers clicking away. Then, with the satisfaction of a race well run, you step off your treadmill.
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