1. LONG ISLAND MARATHON
marathon.
“All the athletes were great,”
he said. “It was a good race. It
was fun. I had a blast doing it.”
Durso said the race’s last few
miles were a test in resilience.
“It was all about digging deep
and pushing it,” he said. “You
have to constantly move your
arms. It’s all about arms, arms,
arms!”
MARIE CORDARO
Shoreham - Wading River
Marie Cordaro is new to the
marathon game, and she loves it.
Cordaro, 24, a credit analyst
from Shoreham-Wading River,
finished in three hours, 55 min-
utes, and 35 seconds.
Cordaro made her marathon
debut at the New York City
Marathon in November and ran
another one in San Juan, Puerto
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Scenes
marathon ABOVE: The first
runners leave the
starting area for the
Long Island Marathon
and associated races.
LEFT: Allison
McLaughlin, 25, of
Cedarhurst preps for her
first full marathon.
BELOW: Some of the
70 runners of the
Korean Road Runners of
Queens before the races
started.
Every runner
has a story
Some runners choose to bring along entertainment for the long, grueling races.
from the
PATRICKE.MCCARTHY
Medals are laid out for the participants at the finish line of the Long
Island Marathon.
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