(Not-so-humble brag — I fought through a nasty wind on Michigan Avenue in the final miles of the 2019 Chicago Marathon to beat this year’s standard by 62 seconds. Talya Minsberg, the captain of this newsletter, beat the standard in that same race by five seconds. Logic might have suggested a resistance to travel or an inclination to run a race close to home. Things will be a little different this year, and not simply because of the smaller field. Instead, runners will get a time to load onto a bus at Boston Common for the 45-minute ride (masks required) to Hopkinton.

Source: New York Times May 10, 2021 15:22 UTC