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Boston Marathon video

Marathon 101

Veterans share keys to having a successful race
Jack Fultz, the 1976 Boston Marathon winner, and eight-time Boston Marathon competitor Michael McGrane guide you through the course and share a few race-day tips along the way.

Hopkinton to Boston, a video tour

REAL VIDEO COURSE TOUR

The world's best distance runners cover the route of the Boston Marathon in a little more than two hours. Not only is that pretty pokey, but they're exhausted when they're done. We have an easier way to see the course: We've videotaped all 26.2 miles, as the runners would see them if there weren't so many other runners, and compressed the trip down to about four and a half minutes of RealVideo. Join us for the ride, and fasten your seatbelt!

To take a virtual tour of the Boston Marathon course, click on the speed that matches your connection: T1 / ISDN / Cable | 56K

    The Newton hills
One of the Heartbreak Hills.


The tour requires RealPlayer.