Word: finished
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...famous race used to attract only 200 runners each year, but the recent jogging craze has caused applications to mushroom, and this year Chairman Will Clooney encouraged only those who felt they could finish within four hours to enter...
Goals. I naturally had to have something to shoot for. I had averaged under 8 minutes per mile for 15 miles, but just aimed for breaking four hours. I also wanted to finish in the top half of the field off 900 starters. Never having run for a track team and in fact, never having been much of a jock, I was scared of the other runners. The Herald ran a picture of six members of the Harvard track team preparing for the race. How could I ever beat such professionals...
...race. Probably just stepping into the showers, I figured. I felt that I was moving along at a pretty good clip for me, and a bank clock near Newton had indicated that I was running easily within the four-hour goal. The obvious concern was: could I finish the last few miles? It became a matter of figuring, well, if I stop here and walk the rest of the way, can I still break four hours...
Then a problem. I started getting a sharp pain in my left calf every few steps. At last, I thought, I'm doomed. But the pain was bearable. At about that time the first Harvard runner was crossing the finish line--John Heyburn, 101st...
...open the Ivy League schedule for Harvard, a team with a good deal of talent but a score of injured players. Penn is not one of the top teams in the league, and the Crimson will have to come on strong during the rest of the season to finish high in the standings...