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Juli Windsor runs the Boston Marathon

27/04/2015

Boston's 3ft 9in Marathon Runner

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After the bombs, woman with dwarfism returns to Boston marathon to finish the race

Juli Windsor, the runner who stands 3ft 9in tall on what it takes to run a marathon, and why she would not let the Boston bombers put her off.

Since high school, Juli Windsor's ambition has been to run the Boston Marathon. It is a hard enough feat for anyone to complete the 26 mile run, but Juli has dwarfism and is 3ft 9in tall - so, she has to take twice as many steps as everyone else. She was determined to complete in 2013 - and was very close to the finishing line when two bombs went off and the race was abandoned. Juli had to find the courage and the strength to run again the following year. Supporting her was journalist David Abel, who had been filming Juli's first attempt, and whose footage of the attack was played around the world.

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(Photo: Juli Windsor running in the Boston marathon. Credit: Stuart Merle)

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