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Hussein hopes to drop in for a win Spurred by his dropping out last year, '88 champion wants to regain laurels
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- When he closes his eyes and his mind drifts,
Ibrahim Hussein has no trouble imagining he is back in his native
Kenya. The ground beneath his feet is firm and tightly woven. The
air is thin.
It is a world so totally fresh and pure that one can forget
that the desert heat and Phoenix glare is just three hours down the
road.
"But what you have to remember," says Hussein, winner of the
1988 Boston Marathon, "was that I was born at 5,000 feet at Kenya,
and this all seems natural to me. The altitude is about the same
here, and I feel very comfortable.
"I'm enjoying ...
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