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American marathoner (born 1946)

Ambrose Joel Burfoot (born August 19, 1946) is a former American marathoner whose peak competitive years came in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

He was the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon. After retiring from competition, he became a running journalist and author.

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Burfoot was editor-in-chief at Runner's World for many years, and both writes for the magazine and serves as its editor-at-large.

Competition

Amby Burfoot grew up in Groton, Connecticut, where he started running at Fitch Senior High School.

His high school coach, John J. Kelley (The "Younger"), was the 1957 Boston Marathon winner and two-time U.S. Olympic marathoner (1956 and 1960 Olympics,) and his influence led Burfoot to take up the marathon while still a collegian.

In his senior year a