Some wore long Johns and sucked oranges for energy. Others, bundled in sweaters, jumped up and down to keep warm in the 38° chill. There were high school students and grandfathers; there was an obstetrician from Newton, Mass., and a psychiatrist from Manhattan. But most of the 166 runners who started last week's annual Boston Marathon could be counted on to drop out soon after the 26-mile, 385-yd. grind began, and Boston wags suggested that the Exeter Street finish line should be rechristened the Finnish line. Finnish runners had won the B.A.A. Marathon four times in the past seven years, and...
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