Anyone vaguely familiar with the Boston Marathon knows about “Heartbreak Hill.” It’s the most notorious make-or-break incline in any marathon, a 91-foot climb that can seem like a mini-Everest as ...
Ellison "Tarzan" Brown, a Native American from Rhode Island, won the Boston Marathon in 1936 and 1939. The name "Heartbreak Hill" comes from the 1936 Boston Marathon when Brown overtook Johnny Kelley ...