The Conway Daily Sun, Thursday, April 19, 2012

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Local runners brave heat at 2012 Boston Marathon

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CONWAY — Despite the voters’ rejection of a warrant article asking in part to convene a charter commission, the selectmen on Tuesday decided to take the first steps toward reviewing the town charter. see CHARTER page 8

Jim Johnson, of Madison, finished 325th out of 22,000 runners.

MADISON — Heat, dehydration and exhaustion were all watchwords Monday for the running of the 2012 Boston Marathon, which was held with temperatures in the high 80s. Among the runners representing Mount Washington Valley and braving the heat in the grueling classic was Jim Johnson, 34, of Madison. In a field of over 22,000 runners, Johnson finished 325th in 2 hours, 54 minutes and 49 seconds). He said the heat was challenging, to say the least.

“I have run the Boston Marathon four times — and two times, including this year, I have run my personal worst times,” said Johnson the day after the race, when he was still recovering from dehyrdration. “Last year I dropped out in a rare DNF (did not finish) after 15 miles. I was in the top 40 at the time but had gone out too fast. This year, the heat got me, in conjunction with being injured the past six months, so my training has been insufficient due to injury.” He said his personal best time in the marathon was in see MARATHON page 9


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