Hopkinton marks a century worth of Boston Marathon starts

TROVE OF RUNNING HISTORY. THIS WOULD BE A HIGH TECH RUNNING SHOE OF ITS TIME. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A SUPER SHOE, UH, OF THE 1930S AND 1940S INSIDE THE BOSTON AND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION’S OFFICE IN HOPKINTON. BAA PRESIDENT AND CEO JACK FLEMING SHOWS OFF A TREASURE TROVE OF HISTORIC MARATHON MEMORABILIA. I BELIEVE THIS MATERIAL IS CALLED OIL CLOTH, IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN, FROM SIMPLE HAND-PAINTED RUNNERS NUMBERS OF THE PAST TO MODERN DAY BIBS THAT CONTAIN TIMING TABS MOUNTED ON THE BACK, THE BOSTON MARATHON IS A RACE...