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Two things haven't changed in the 40 years since the Jamaica Theatre became a supermarket. One is the '60s-style storefront, which overlooks a sloping parking lot. The other is Bill Jordan.
Jose Moreira has prepared for the Boston Marathon by rising at 6 a.m. every morning to run a 14-mile course on the Minuteman Trail in Somerville. Tomorrow's race will be his fourth marathon. He is focused on two ambitious goals.
One is to finish the race in two and a half hours. The second is to raise $15,000 from sponsors to build a training camp for youths in Marcolino Moura, Brazil, the small mountain village where he was born.
Moreira decided to build the camp after working as a volunteer coach at an orphanage in São Paulo eight years ago. While working there he saw how running built the confidence of youths in his care. He organized a race and awarded the young runners trophies and some ribbons he'd won himself. He also made himself a promise.
"Pupusas are the fast food of choice."
Danny Peña solemnly pulls a greeting card with a picture of Snoopy from a stationery box...
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