THE BOSTON MARATHON by JOE FALLS 203 pages. Illustrated. Macmillan. $9.95.
The road from Hopkinton, Mass., to Boston is well marked and in good repair; barring traffic jams, the automobile trip between cities takes about 40 minutes. Why, then, will a crowd gather on Hayden Rowe this month to risk shin splints, blisters and coronaries on the 26-mile, 385-yard run from there to Boston's Prudential Center? Because it is theirs: the Boston Marathon, an endurance test that makes a winner out of every runner who completes the course.
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