Word: got
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hopkinton Junior High, runners covered their crotches with Johnson & Johnsons, rubbed in Ben-Gay, and got their heartbeats checked by the doctors...
...with the 56-inch waistlines that bother me," he said. Horgan related that last week one of these big boys offered to punch Jock in the nose after the guy's entry was turned down. "The guy was five-by-five and weighed 225 pounds," Semple claimed, adding, "He got insulted when I told him he was a bloody idiot." He could have called him worse things, and in fact probably did, but they weren't printed...
...about 70 degrees and quite a pleasant day to run through the western suburbs, though many complained of the heat. My feet got hot, but not blistery. I was thankful for that...
...lined with people. Many had programs and as they saw a runner approaching, they checked his number and then urged him on by name. The psychological boost, at least to a novice like me, was immeasurable. A person would yell, "That a boy, Ben, keep going." I think I got special attention because many pitied me. Here comes this whimp of a kid who certainly doesn't look 18. On the other hand, some kids, ver considerately, I thought, called me names, but it was sort of funny...
Having started in the rear, I got many chances to pass people and found it quite a thrill in front of the audience, especially after all my training alone. I'd seen someone a bit ahead and notice myself speeding up until I went by him. It became a game. People along the route, some of them, seemed to be playing their own little game: fool the runners. They were a minority and meant well I think, but gave incorrect information on the distance we have covered. Somewhere out there I was sure I had done 15 miles and asked...