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s- w iffiw heartbreak hill is gruelling in boston s summer heat surrounded by just under 9000 people with a supportive crowd of around two million and a couple of thousand volun teers to boot its hard to imag ine how an individual could experience loneliness let alone utter fatigue and desperation but for the 8800 brave com petitors from around the world who travelled to new england to participate in the 97th run ning of the boston marathon last monday it was the trial of a lifetime to be sure heartbreak hill the gru elling final hurdle to be over come by the bostonbound run ners near the end of their 262 mile trek must have seemed like a mountain to these weary souls just ask kim kavluk the stouffville insurance broker who went into his third bean- town run determined that this would be the time he would finally slip in under the elusive three hour mark it wasnt to be as the well prepared marathon man ran into a wall afforded by temper atures which hovered in the upper 70s fahrenheit which is the kiss of death for most marathoners the heat claimed 3700 runners and the crew in the medical tent was beginning to feel like a mash unit in a major international conflict after all marathon running is a springfall exercise a way of working up a modest sweat on those mornings when the frost lies white on the rooftops for kim a strict training rou tine which saw him log as many as 70 hours a week in the final two months of preparation helped him finish a full minute ahead of last years place the hard work obviously gave him an endurance level many oth ers were lacking as he man aged to up his standing some 500 places to finish 953rd over all but he definitely paid the price talking to him two days after the race he conceded he felt like hed been run over by a truck it would be a few days to be sure before id look out my home office window and see him resolutely attacking the hill that main st stouffville becomes as it goes past my house however he would live to fight again 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for jogging and of course hell be back in boston next april hoping for seasonable weather as he tries for the fourth time to break the three hour barrier he realizes that at the age of 38 theres only so much time left to attempt such am ambitious undertaking he also understands howev er that a good part of it is in the conditioning and the men tal toughness necessary to maintain the required pace youth may be an advantage when it comes to wind sprints and the 100 yard dash but for seasoned long dis tance runners like kim kavluk theres a definite plus to be gained from discipline and out- betz pools introduces vinyl liner pool service division betz pools limited 5688 main st stouffville 416 6401424 416 7987955 pool openings equipment repairs equipment replacements leak detection renovations bjoguard poolspa products midweekcheck weekly service pool instruction vinyl uner replacements preventive maintenance nat gas propane heaters coral bay spas kim kavluk of stouffville finishes boston 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