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Keyword: Sahara

Liz Byron, 29, treks across the Sahara Desert with a smile before last week's Boston Marathon bombings. PHOTO CREDIT: Mark Gillet

Boston teachers returns from 155-mile Sahara marathon in the wake of bombings

Having just wrapped up the marathon of a lifetime – a six-day ultra-marathon across the Moroccan Sahara Desert – Allston teacher Liz Byron’s homecoming Saturday night should have been an ecstatic experience. Instead, the 29-year-old runner returned to a battered city that is bent on bouncing back from a devastating terror attack.

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Tagged Allston, Boston, boston marathon, Boston Marathon Bombings, education, fundraisers, Liz Byron, Morgan Rousseau, Sahara, teachers, The Marathon des Sables | Reply
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