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In Boston in 1936, John Kelley caught Ellison “Tarzan” Brown in the Newton hills and gave him a friendly pat on the shoulder.
Brown regained the lead on the last hill and won. Reporter Jerry Nason called the climb Heartbreak Hill, describing how Kelley's heart had been broken there.
The hill's biography is more dramatic than its elevation profile. Read more
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