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Only one (big) hill

Runners finish on top of the world at Mount Washington Road Race

The first one to the top, Eric Blake grimaces as he completes the final-- and steepest--part of the Mount Washington Road Race last month.
The first one to the top, Eric Blake grimaces as he completes the final-- and steepest--part of the Mount Washington Road Race last month. (Globe Staff Photo / Stan Grossfeld) Globe Staff Photo / Stan Grossfeld
By Stan Grossfeld
Globe Staff / July 26, 2006

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John J. (the Younger) Kelley, the 1957 Boston Marathon champion, gets serious when he recalls battling 90-mile-per-hour gusts during the 1961 Mount Washington Road Race. (Full article: 1902 words)

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