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| Clarence Demar Marathon USA NH Keene Marathon September demar_race@yahoo.com http://www.clarencedemar.com "Clarence DeMar, seven-time winner of the Boston Marathon, lived and worked in the Monadnock Region during the 1930's. Among marathoners, DeMar is remembered as one of the all-time greats. No other marathoner has won seven times at Boston. His seventh victory in Boston came in 1930, when he became the oldest winner of the event at the age of 41. He still holds that record as well. As a competitor, DeMar was legendary. In 1983, DeMar's widow, Margaret DeMar Arnold told a story which takes the legend a little further. Just a few days before he died of cancer in 1958, Mrs. Arnold recalled, ""Clarence crawled into the backyard and planted a garden. He simply refused to give up.""" |
