KELLEY1 | Newton MA News and Politics Blog

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day someone has decorated the “Young at Heart” statue depicting “Johnny Kelley, Boston’s Marathon Man” at ages 27 and 84 (On the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Walnut Street near Newton City Hall) .

Kelley won the marathon in 1935 and 1945, he finished second seven times, and placed in the top ten eighteen times. This years 118th running of the Boston Marathon will take place on Monday, April 21st.