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Heartbreak Hill refers to several ascents in footraces considered difficult for the runners: in the Boston Marathon, Heartbreak Hill is an ascent about 20 miles from the start in Falkirk parkrun , this is the name of the incline that participants tackle 3 km into the event
Heartbreak Hill is an ascent over 0.4 miles (600 m) between the 20- and 21-mile (32- and 34-km) marks, near Boston College. It is the last of four "Newton hills", which begin at the 16-mile (26 km) mark and challenge contestants with late (if modest) climbs after the course's general downhill trend to that point.
The most difficult part of the course is "Heartbreak Hill" at the halfway mark, a 2-kilometre-long (1.2 mi) steep ascent from Rose Bay to Vaucluse along New South Head Road. [citation needed] Features en route include many amateur bands performing along the suburban roads, and many City2Surf participants dressed in novelty themed costumes.
The Cleveland Work Camps in England were known locally as "Heartbreak Hill".They were a series of short events, staged in the East Cleveland ironstone mining villages of Boosbeck and Margrove Park, which ran from 1932 to 1938 with the aim of helping to alleviate the poverty which these mining communities experienced as a result of pit closures during the Great Depression. [1]
The 21st was to the immediate rear and the 19th defended the Sat'ae-ri Valley. On 10 October, Daniels' 2nd Battalion had swung down from Heartbreak Ridge and taken possession of Hill 520, a little over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town of Mundung-ni. Hill 520 was the end of an east-west ridge spur leading to Hill 851.
Chestnut Hill is a wealthy [1] [2] New England village located six miles (10 km) west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is best known for being home to Boston College and a section of the Boston Marathon route. Like all Massachusetts villages, Chestnut Hill is not an incorporated municipal entity.
Breakheart Reservation is a public recreation area covering 652 acres (264 ha) in the towns of Saugus and Wakefield, Massachusetts.The reservation features a hardwood forest, two freshwater lakes, a winding stretch of the Saugus River, and scenic views of Boston and rural New England from rocky hilltops.
The hill farmers believed that Government investment in a major roads program would be their salvation. [17] The Grand Ridge Road was built by the Country Roads Board in the 1920s joining all the local north-south roads in one long east-west strip but proved little practical use. However, the road was progressively improved in unemployment ...