You hear the Hoyts coming long before you see them. There’s a particular sound the Boston Marathon crowd makes when the beloved father-son duo runs by. People begin to cheer louder at the first sight of the Hoyts and the crowd noise swells, rolling toward you like a wave.
Team Hoyt ran their 32d Boston Marathon on Monday, and they say it will be their last as a duo. The Hoyts had planned to make the 2013 Marathon their last. However, after the bombings at the finish line, and after the Hoyts were among the more than 5,000 runners who were stopped before completing the 2013 race, they decided to come back to finish their personal race and to honor the human spirit of those killed and injured at last year’s race.
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