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Northshore October 2025
Not all of us can, or even want to run 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston. As many Boston Marathon runners will contest, hitting and surpassing that 20-mile mark can be a real doozy. For those runners involved with any of the 24 official charities, however, finishing isn't just a goal, it's a necessity.Enter: the Hunger Strikers. This group of 20-27 runners hail mainly from North Shore towns like Andover, Beverly, Methuen, Newburyport, and North Andover and run on behalf of Lazarus House, a Lawrence-based ministry that provides hot meals, shelter, job training, child care, food, clothing, outreach, and advocacy to those in need. In 2008, the
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