Though they don't know him, marathon runners look happy to see the white-whiskered face of Glenn McKidden of Litchfield, N.H. McKidden is manning the 1-mile marker in Kenmore Square, in his 15th year as volunteer for the Boston Athletic Association. He rings a small cowbell to let runners know they've nearly made it to the end. Spotters like him serve to both encourage the runners and protect the mile markers from falling down.
Though he has never run a full Boston Marathon (he has run "two halves," he said, which might as well be considered "one whole"), McKidden said he understands the trials of running cross-country from his own athletic club in New Hampshire.
"Right about here, they're happy to be here," he said.
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