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The 60-year-old took time recently to talk about a sportin’ career that has seen him run against — and beat — the likes of Bruce Bickford, Andy Palmer and Bill Rodgers, and finishing as high as 21st in the legendary Boston Marathon.

 And when his body failed to hold up to the rigors of a national running regime, he merely switched over to bicycling where at the age of 48 he became a Category 1 (think a notch below professional) competitor.

For an athlete to succeed in one sport is one tall mountain to climb, but to maintain excellence in a second sport, one as grueling as race bicycling, is off the charts.

His path to running came about when Hank and his family moved to Maine from Long Island, N.Y., in 1960. He attended Phillips Andover Academy and competed in cross country skiing.

But, Auburn’s Dick Trafton was the school’s track captain and he talked Hank into running in his sophomore year.

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