Jon WillisFultzis a retired American long-distance runner, who came to prominence in the 1970s after winning the 1976 Boston Marathon, the world's oldest and most established marathon race... (wikipedia)
We want everybody to have a good time.
There is a whole new breed of marathoner who wouldn't even have considered running something like a marathon. In the past, people ran if they were exercise junkies. The marathon held the ultimate challenge for them.
Since this is our first year of doing this, we're kind of winging it as we go.
Running is a new social phenomenon in our country.
It's just a place where people can sit and talk and have a good time.
It's the public's place. We're just here to keep it clean for them.