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West Virginia father runs Boston Marathon with daughter

4/23/2023

For runners, the Boston Marathon’s “left on Boylston” marks an emotional moment, the culmination of the sport’s pinnacle event. This year, one local father-daughter duo will mark the memory together.

Charleston resident Robert Morgenstern and his daughter Jessie Hogue-Morgenstern are among about 30,000 entrants in this year’s 127th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17.

“I get a little bit emotional thinking about it, because it’s something I’ve wanted to do so long,” Hogue-Morgenstern said, “and I get to do it with my dad. I’m very, very excited to run it with him.”

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