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Elizabeth Keenan Thompson completed the New York Marathon last November. In her words: "I was never a runner in school; my obsessive tendencies took that healthy turn sometime in my 20s. Then, in I think a typical story for adult-onset runners, my mother contracted and died of lung cancer. I kept running and running—and Philadelphia marathon 2011, so-so; Dallas 2012, pretty crummy; and N.Y.C. 2013, I was pleased! The city was great that day, Kirsten Gillibrand encouraged me to do it—she ran the New York Marathon twice before she got busy with other stuff! And although he'd lap me, I dc think of Bob Kempainen's successes when I line up at the start!" After 15 years in Massachusetts, Elizabeth and family, including Charlie (12) and Kathryn (9), are moving to Connecticut.

After finishing the 2013 Boston Marathon just before the explosions, Brent Forester was de- termined to return and put those memories to rest and raise money for Alzheimer's. Brent attended pre-marathon tributes to the victims, even stand- ing beside classmate Jay Fogarty at one. According to Brent, marathon day was warm (too warm, actually), and extra security was immediately evident: "I finished in 4:01:03, only two minutes off my pace from 2013.1 was lucky to see my fam- ily—Kim Lewis '9O, Rylan (15) and Sasha (12)— at Mile 8 and again at Mile 20. Thankfully, Rylan ran up Heartbreak Hill alongside me for about half a mile and helped push me through another of the many 'walls' that I hit that day." Brent is a physi- cian and director of the geriatric mood disorders research program and Harvard Medical School psychiatry clerkships, at McLean Hospital.

Elizabeth's mention of Bob prompted me to track him down. Bob finished second in the 1993 New York Marathon and finished the 1994 Boston Marathon in 2:08:47. It turns out that Bob's last marathon was in 1996; he ran a total of nine. After graduation Bob stayed in Norwich, Vermont, for several years, where he continued to train with his Dartmouth coach and then still competed while in medical school in Minnesota. After that he spent three years in Seattle, ultimately returning to Minnesota. Bob is a pulmonary lung and criti- cal care physician at Hennepin County Medical Center. He has a daughter (15) and son (12) and still runs several times a week, for about 30 min- utes each time.

While Betsey Cuervo Tilson is not a mara- thoner, she was a record-winning sprinter at Dartmouth. Betsey was part of the relay team that held the 4x400-meter record until 2002 and the 4xloo-meter record until 2013. She also held in- dividual records in the 100 meters and 200 meters until 2013. According to Betsey: "We have a great sprinting crew now, which is wonderful, and it is high time that the records fell. One of the most fun things for me recently has been my reconnection to Dartmouth and the track and field program. About three years ago the alumni base for track and field (as well as for other sports) was reinvigo- rated. I now serve as the co-chair of the advisory board of the Friends of Track and Field/Cross Country group." Betsey is also a physician; after medical school and a residency at Johns Hopkins she practiced as a pediatrician in North Carolina for several years. She then earned a master of public health and completed a second residency in preventive medicine and public health. She now practices pediatrics part-time and also serves as a medical director within the Community Care of North Carolina program. She lives in North Carolina, has been married for 17 years and has a son (14) and daughter (12).

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