Record Field Runs In Boston AA Half-Marathon (Track & Field News)
Boston, MA -- With foliage around Boston signaling the arrival of fall and temperatures in the mid-50s, a record field enjoyed perfect running weather this morning for the Eighth Annual B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. In total, 3,702 runners completed the 13.1-mile loop of Boston's famed Emerald Necklace park system.
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On the trail of a hidden jewel (Boston Globe)
Seen from the top of Holt Hill in Andover, beyond hardwood forests dyed red and gold this time of the year, the Boston skyline is a jagged gray tear at the horizon. Houses and development are hidden in the folds of the land, and if you didn't know better you might think there was nothing but trees between Holt Hill ...
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BAA and Tufts off to the races (Boston Globe)
The eighth Boston Athletic Association Half Marathon kicks off a two-day rush of road racing in Boston this morning. The BAA race begins bright and early in the Fens, at 8 a.m., taking more than 5,000 runners out to Franklin Park Zoo and back through the Emerald Necklace park system.
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Eyesore on the Emerald Necklace (ABC 7 Chicago)
Chicago's historic tree-lined boulevards were planned 100 years ago by famed designer Daniel Burnham.
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The BeltLine is Happening: Historic Fourth Ward Park Breaks Ground (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thirty-five acres of blighted industrial lowland near City Hall East will move closer to transformation into Historic Fourth Ward Park after a groundbreaking ceremony at 10:30 a.m., Wed., Oct. 15: approximately 695 North Avenue, 30308.
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Kenyan Charles Munyeni wins Boston half marathon (Boston Globe)
Charles Munyeni of Kenya held off countryman and training partner Gilbert Okari to win the Boston half marathon with a time of 1:02:45.87 on Sunday. Okari finished in 1:02:47.62.
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Charles Munyeki bounces back in win (Boston Herald)
Charles Munyeki had a little added motivation heading into yesterday's eighth annual BAA Half Marathon, and the 22-year-old Kenyan was determined to bounce back from...
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Plans for major overhaul of Whittier Narrows nature preserve stir passions (Los Angeles Times)
Foes say the proposed interpretive center is too big and would require destruction of too many trees. Backers see a way to introduce working-class families to nature. Even those who love the Whittier Narrows wildlife sanctuary concede that it suffers from a down-at-the-heels look. Invasive plants have elbowed out native species and, as one county official observed, the interpretive center ...
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The View from Sunnybank: Fall show (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Mama Nature may be winding down for winter, but she can still offer a fantastic flower show, even this late. Today I wander through Sunnybank's shopworn, but still stunning, autumn spectacle, marveling. In the Flutist Garden the Lamium's ground-hugging, frosted foliage remains lush and healthy. Three giant hostas there are still a rich blue; the sun, kept mostly at bay, hasn't drained them of ...
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BAA race fresh and fast rising (Boston Herald)
Having to bypass this morning's Boston Athletic Association Half Marathon is almost as painful for Medfield's Sarah Nixon as the heel injury that is forcing her...
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