West Wareham resident Howard Staples finished Minnesota's 26-mile Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday with an unofficial time of 5 hours, 8 minutes, and 35 seconds.

Staples was participating in the race as one of the 25 Medtronic Global Heroes -- runners who have one of the medical company's implanted devices and continue to pursue their athletic passions.

Suffering from unexplained fainting that doctors determined was caused by an irregular heartbeat, Staples received a pacemaker in 2009.

Since then, the avid runner has participated in two Boston Marathons. He's also participated in six half-marathons, completed a 100-mile bicycling event earlier this year, and will take on Plymouth's first ever Myles Standish Marathon in November.

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