Here & Now producer Alex Ashlock (@aashlock) will cover his 19th Boston Marathon on Monday. But he has been a fan of marathons in general for more than 50 years.
He joins Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti to talk about why he was first attracted to the grueling, and often dramatic, event.
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