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Anyone who’s felt the adrenaline of a crowd cheering you to the finish line after 10, 21 or 42 kilometres knows how important it is. It’s the extra boost you need when you think you’re running on empty, a final surge to the line to get a personal best time. But runners competing in The Canberra Times Marathon Festival next week will have to find something else to drive them across the line. Because there’ll be no starter’s gun, no crowd gathered at the finish line and no competitors to measure yourself against. This year the race is going…