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Article updated: 12/7/2012 4:54 PM

Naperville playing host to inaugural marathon

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As many as 7,500 runners participated in last year's Fox Valley Marathon. Organizer Bob Hackett said Naperville's first marathon, to be held next November, will be capped at 4,000 runners.

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Naperville runners, after years of traveling to Chicago or neighboring communities to get their marathon fix, can stay home next year with the 2013 Inaugural Naperville Marathon and Half Marathon.

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