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0
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Your adventure begins shortly after sunrise in the Berkshires, overlooking Onota and Pontoosuc Lakes below Mount Greylock.
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Mount Greylock
Visitors Center
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Mount Greylock
State Reservation
(Lanesborough)
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1
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Leg 1 may be the hardest four-miler you’ll ever run, but the scenery on the initial ascent of Mount Greylock makes it all worthwhile.
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Jones Nose
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Mount Greylock State Reservation
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3.8
Tough
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+790
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-120
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2
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Both the climb and the views you’ll have at the finish of Leg 2 at the top of Mount Greylock will take your breath away.
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Bascom Lodge at the Summit of
Mount Greylock
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Mount Greylock State Reservation
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4.3
Tough
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+1100
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-10
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3
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Leg 3, a downhill prance on a winding mountain road is not for the faint-hearted--- a very fast descent and you will almost certainly PR at this distance here!
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Notch Road Gate
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Mount Greylock State Reservation
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6.5
Tough
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+10
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-1940
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4
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Leg 4 takes you by the Western Gateway Heritage Park and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art on a pleasant run through downtown North Adams.
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Drury
High School
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North Adams
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5.4
Moderate
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+110
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-690
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5
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Leg 5 begins like a lamb with a very pleasant run in the valley east of Mount Greylock, but finishes like a lion with a climb of Savoy Mountain.
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East Hoosac
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Adams
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5.7
Tough
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+1330
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-20
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6
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Leg 6 finds you on the dirt roads through the Savoy Mountain State Forest, finishing with a swim at North Pond.
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North Pond
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Savoy Mountain
State Forest
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6.2
Moderate
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+250
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-360
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7
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A traffic sign on Leg 7 tells you all you need to know: "Road Not Maintained.
Travel at Your
Own Risk."
NOTE: LEG 7 ALSO HAS TWO SETS OF TURN BY TURN DIRECTIONS, ONE FOR RUNNERS, AND ONE FOR VANS.
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Florida Baptist Church
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Florida
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4.4
Moderate
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+300
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-350
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8
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You’ll begin Leg 8 with a downhill rumble and then run alongside the beautiful Deerfield River for several miles— as close to a runner’s heaven as there is.
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Zoar
Picnic Area
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Zoar
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5.6
Tough
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+70
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-1240
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9
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Leg 9 is a quiet little run along the Deerfield River finishing at a canoe and kayak put-in where the river crosses under the Mohawk Trail.
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Mohawk Trail
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Charlemont
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3.6
Easy
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+80
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-160
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10
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Leg 10 is a flat and fast run overlooking the Deerfield River and on into the village center of Charlemont.
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Hawlemont
Regional School
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Charlemont
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3.0
Easy
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+80
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-100
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11
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Leg 11 continues through the woods and fields along the Deerfield River; you’ll be sad to finish this on a lovely Saturday afternoon in the summer.
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Mary Lyons Church of Buckland
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Hawley and Buckland
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6.7
Tough
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+550
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-330
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12
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Leg 12 is a virtual sprint by some lovely farms between Buckland and Shelburne off the Mohawk Trail.
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Mohawk Trail
Regional High School
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Buckland
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3.0
Easy
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+50
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-190
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13
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Leg 13 takes you through the village of Shelburne Falls and past the Bridge of Flowers; a swim in the glacial potholes beneath the falls is not to be missed.
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Natural Roots Farm
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Shelburne Falls
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8.8
Tough
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+470
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-410
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14
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Sunset finds you on Leg 14 through the quaint Pioneer Valley village of Conway.
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Greenfield Savings Bank
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Conway
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2.2
Easy
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+270
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-180
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15
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You’re actually going to finally see a highway on Leg 15, the first time during the Mass Dash--- don’t worry though, you’ll be running over it, not on it.
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Frontier
Regional High School
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Deerfield
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6.7
Moderate
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+50
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-420
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16
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Leg 16 is short, but oh so sweet--- you’ll cross the Connecticut River here in the shadow of Mount Sugarloaf.
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Sunderland
Elementary School
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Sunderland
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3.4
Easy
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+40
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-130
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17
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It’s party time on Leg 17--- the teams will meet and greet on this long flat stretch of the Mass Dash on Saturday night.
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Hadley
Elementary School
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Hadley
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8.5
Tough
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+70
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-80
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18
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Nothing like some music and a bonfire at midnight at UMASS-- except this time it’s at the stadium and not at Southwest, and the police are okay with it after Leg 18.
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McGuirk Alumni Stadium
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UMASS at
Amherst
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4.9
Easy
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+160
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-140
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19
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Leg 19 takes you through UMASS, by Amherst College, and then onto Hampshire College—that’s three of the “Five Colleges” in one evening’s run!
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Hampshire College
(Admissions Building)
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Amherst
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5.0
Easy
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+230
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-190
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20
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Leg 20 heads east out of the Pioneer Valley and into the heart of central Massachusetts.
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Town Green
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Belchertown
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8.5
Tough
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+430
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-80
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21
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You haven’t really run until you’ve run Leg 21 under the stars in the middle of a warm summer night.
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Winsor Dam
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Quabbin Reservoir
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3.4
Easy
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+210
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-170
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22
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Everyone on your team will want to run Leg 22--- its first mile is across the top of the Winsor Dam, above the Quabbin Reservoir in the moonlight!
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Knights of Columbus Hall
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Ware
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6.7
Moderate
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+360
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-460
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23
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Leg 23 is a great five-miler finishing at the Salem Cross Inn, built by the grandson of Peregrine White, the first child born on the Mayflower during its Atlantic crossing.
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Salem Cross Inn
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West Brookfield
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5.1
Moderate
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+410
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-150
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24
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Leg 24 culminates your team’s overnight ultra-marathon, and few things should get between you and your inner runner, or in your way, at this hour.
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East Brookfield
Elementary School
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Brookfield and East Brookfield
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8.9
Tough
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+190
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-210
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25
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Sunrise on Sunday will find many of the teams re-energizing on Leg 25--- with just a third of the race to go.
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David Prouty
High School
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Spencer
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3.7
Easy
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+350
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-70
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26
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Leg 26 finishes a rolling run through the last village before Worcester early on Sunday morning.
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Leicester Police Station
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Leicester
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4.3
Easy
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+220
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-240
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27
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Leg 27 takes the runners through south Worcester, finishing at the College of the Holy Cross.
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College of the Holy Cross
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Worcester
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5.7
Moderate
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+40
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-440
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28
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Leg 28 begins in the city, runs through some suburbs, and then finishes back out in the beautiful countryside of Grafton.
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North Grafton Elementary School
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Millbury and Grafton
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7.3
Tough
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+240
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-360
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29
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Picturesque is the only way to describe Leg 29, which takes you past the horse farms, stone walls and lovely homes of Westborough.
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Westborough
High School
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Westborough
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5.5
Easy
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+160
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-180
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30
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Leg 30 finishes at the Hopkinton Green, where the Boston Marathon begins every Patriots Day in Massachusetts.
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Hopkinton Green and Center
Elementary School
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Hopkinton
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6.6
Tough
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+290
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-130
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31
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Leg 31 starts down the Marathon route and then continues through the woods surrounding the Ashland Reservoir.
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Henry Warren
Elementary School
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Ashland
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5.8
Moderate
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+130
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-300
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32
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Leg 32 is eastern Massachusetts at its best--- forests, ponds, fields and farms are all around as you run into the village center of Sherborn.
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Pine Hill
Elementary School
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Sherborn
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4.9
Easy
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+150
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-240
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33
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Leg 33 will give you your first glimpse of the Charles River in south Natick, and will then finish in beautiful Wellesley, bustling on any Sunday afternoon.
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Wellesley Free Library
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Natick and Wellesley
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5.5
Moderate
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+100
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-150
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34
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Leg 34 begins the final stretch of the Mass Dash, running from Wellesley Center, through Needham, and on into Dedham.
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Dolan Recreation Center
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Needham and Dedham
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6.2
Moderate
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+110
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-130
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35
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Leg 35 takes you on the city streets of West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain, and then through the beautiful Arnold Arboretum.
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UMASS Medical School (Jamaica Plain Campus)
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West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain
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6.0
Moderate
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+130
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-170
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36
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After a romp through Franklin Park, Leg 36 continues on the streets of South Boston, before finishing along Boston Harbor in the shadow of the JFK Library.
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Circle Lawn and Campus Center
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South Boston and
UMASS at Boston
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6.2
Moderate
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+130
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-180
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