EFRAIM MANZANO, 45, a cook at the Westin Moana Surfrider in Waikiki, will do Boston as just his third marathon anywhere. He has done two in Honolulu. In 2007, he did it in 3:44 — 14 minutes slower than Boston's qualifying time for his age group. Feeling the challenge, he came back in 2008 to zoom to 3:16. Manzano, who came to Hawai'i 33 years ago from the Philippines, has drawn laughs in Honolulu wearing the traditional baag, a loincloth "which undeniably exposes my cheeks." No matter, he plans to wear his baag in Boston — and to wear Crocs as his footwear. Running shoes, he says, "look awkward with the baag."
Final time: 3:47:04
