Written by Rachel Kirkpatrick, Assistant Editor
One of the last legs of the Boston Marathon is known for being the most grueling — Heartbreak Hill in Newton, Mass. It’s a half-mile incline about 20 miles into the total 26-mile course.
Nineteen-year-old Kenny Slattery of New Canaan knows this area well as an avid runner and student of nearby Boston College. But on Marathon Monday, April 19, this stretch will hold a special significance.
As a participant, Slattery will be running a few blocks away from the home of Edward and Deirdre Heilbron, formerly of New Canaan, who on January 2 lost their son, Joseph Kelly, to an undetected heart defect that has yet to be determined.
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The disappointment was inescapable as emotions poured out of the New Canaan locker room following the Rams’ 4-3 loss to Fairfield Prep in the State boys’ ice hockey D1 semifinals Thursday night at Ingalls Rink.
But instead of talking about what might have been, head coach Bo Hickey chose a different track.
“Today, I have no complaints about anybody who was on the ice,” Hickey said. “They emptied the tank. They left everything on the ice and that’s all we ask of these kids every time we go out to play and every time we practice.”
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