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Huckabee Lacing Up For 112th Boston Marathon

POSTED: 12:15 pm EDT March 25, 2008
UPDATED: 12:16 pm EDT March 25, 2008

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is running the 112th Boston Marathon.

Huckabee will run as part of the Team Hoyt charity team, race organizers announced in January. The team is organized by Dick and Rick Hoyt, fixtures and fan favorites in the marathon since 1981. Dick Hoyt has pushed Rick, who was born with cerebral palsy, in a wheelchair for 25 marathons.

Huckabee, 51, shed 110 pounds after being diagnosed with diabetes in 2003 when he was governor of Arkansas. He has run four marathons, finishing with a personal best time of 4 hours, 26 minutes, 5 seconds at the 2006 Little Rock Marathon.

Huckabee did not have to qualify for the race since he's running the April 21 event as part of an official race charity team.

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