34 year old Dr. Chaun Cox (Makita's cousin) qualified for the Boston Marathon and is heading out to Bean Town to run the 26 miles this Monday April 21st. To qualify for the 112th Boston Marathon, athletes must meet the designated time standard which corresponds to their age group. Chaun's age group is the largest and includes Men 18 to 35 who must run a qualifying marathon of 26 miles in three hours and 10 minutes or less.The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world's most prestigious road racing events. The Boston Marathon has distinguished itself as the pinnacle event within the sport of road racing by virtue of its traditions, longevity and method of gaining entry into the race (via qualification).
You can check up on Chaun's progress on Monday at http://www.bostonmarathon.org/
His bib number is 4158. Run your socks off Chaun!
Here's the Doc in the BWCA a couple years ago.
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