Will Global Warming Slow Down the Boston Marathon?

Will Global Warming Slow Down the Boston Marathon?

Ahead of next week's Boston Marathon, Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with running coach and author Tom Derderian about the heightened expectations for this year's race and how the Boston Marathon earned its distinction as the "Holy

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There was hardly a single person who thought that Henri Charles Renaud would win the 13th running of the Boston Marathon in 1909. He was just 19 years old,

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With last year's Olympic trio of Meb Keflezighi, Ryan Hall, and Abdi Abdirahman all scratched from the Boston Marathon due to fitness or illness, Jason Hartmann, who was fourth here last year, will be the top American hope to end the three-decade