2008 Boston Marathon: Getting to the starting line

Representing Ontario, Canada, Nancy Coakley, 50, and Nancie Gibson, 47, both of Trenton, N.J., are running with Diane Kent, 45, of Belleville and Janet Adams, 45, of Combermere, Ontario. This is the first Boston Marathon for all of them.
Representing Ontario, Canada, Nancy Coakley, 50, and Nancie Gibson, 47, both of Trenton, N.J., are running with Diane Kent, 45, of Belleville and Janet Adams, 45, of Combermere, Ontario. This is the first Boston Marathon for all of them.
(Boston.com Staff Photo / Joan Charlotte Matelli)