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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

sporting record

Sunita Williams set a new sporting record running the 26.2 mile Boston Marathon in space. Sunita got into the spirit of the 111-year-old race by following the progress of the earth marathon on her laptop. The space station was salubrious at 78 degrees Fahrenheit.Her unofficial completion time was four hours and 24 minutes as she completed the race at 2:24 p.m. EDT. Sunita, 41, an accomplished marathoner, attempted something no other astronaut has ever done. She is now the first astronaut in space to have ran a marathon while in orbit.Sunita started the race on time at 10 a.m. EDT with race No. 14,000 taped to the front of the treadmill. She had placed two laptop computers on either side of the treadmill and was closely watching a live feed of the race from Boston and keep track of where the ISS was flying

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