WOMEN'S FIELD Defending champ Ndereba makes short work of field
Maybe next year they'll tell Catherine Ndereba to carry her daughter on her back. Or make her start out by I-495. Or have her chug a beer every 5 kilometers. Anything to make the women's division a footrace again.
She stayed the course despite impediments
Before the elite runners stepped to the starting line of yesterday's Marathon, the crowd at the Village Green gave its heart to Katie Lynch, the 28-inch, 35-pound patient advocate at Children's Hospital. Lynch, 26, ran her own marathon in front of an adoring crowd hours before the official race. Marathon the latest goal in a life of challenges
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Maybe next year they'll tell Catherine Ndereba to carry her daughter on her back. Or make her start out by I-495. Or have her chug a beer every 5 kilometers. Anything to make the women's division a footrace again.
