Six days and 3,300 miles from the bombings in Boston, the London Marathon was held Sunday under azure skies, in what runners called perfect conditions, with no security scares and the minds of virtually all involved soaring westward to the victims of last Monday's attack.

With shock waves from Monday's explosions rippling across the country, three Sacramento residents who ran the Boston Marathon described the chaos that erupted at the finish line.
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Tad Suwa, who is on medical leave from his job as a Sacramento firefighter, is getting some special attention from Team Donate Life.

Sacramento's Run to Feed the Hungry 2011
Snapshots: Run to Feed the Hungry 2011
CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL MARATHON
When: Sunday, Dec. 2, beginning at 7 a.m.
Where: The course starts at Folsom-Auburn Road near Folsom Dam in Folsom and ends at the State Capitol in downtown Sacramento.
How far: 26.2-mile
Number of participants: 9,300 runners; 4,400 relay runners; 2,000 participants in the 2.62 mile Kaiser maraFUNrun
Road closures: Complete list from Folsom to downtown Sacramento
Cost: Free for spectators
More information: Key spectator, parking locations
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