Wall Street Journal Article on the 2000 Boston Marathon

It is not every day that you make the Wall Street Journal. But on Friday there I was mentioned as a Boston Marathon straggler. I am in the company of a very heavy man running Boston and the oldest Boston Marathon finisher. It seems the WSJ found the old story from 2000 when the Nashua School District wouldn't let me take a personal day to run the Boston Marathon. I taught my day of school and then headed down to Hopkinton to meet up with race director Dave McGillivray at 4:00 and we ran the marathon a bit later than everyone else. It was an interesting day and an unusual way to run the race. By the way, I think it was one of the best days of teaching that I ever did!

Here are some articles about the 2000 Boston Marathon:
kidsrunning.com interview before the race
kidsrunning.com post race article
coolrunning.com article

Here are a few pictures from the 2000 Boston Marathon. (1) I am greeting Dave McGillivray (2) in the first wave of the evening marathon (3) being inverviewed after the race (4) with many teachers from Mount Pleasant School who came out to cheer and support me (and two of my kids)