Word: marathoned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wasn't exactly the Boston Marathon I was priming for, but to hell with your Jerome Draytons, your 26-mile-and-then-some jogs, your beef stew. This was far more important...
This would undoubtedly be a better account of the Boston Marathon if there were space to tell the story of Bob Hall, who conquered the difficult course on a wheelchair in a time of about 2:40. Or that of Will Rodgers, a former winner and Boston's beloved All-American boy who, after leading in the early going, dropped out of the race in Newton with a leg problem. Or that of the hectic start at Hopkinton, where the record field of over 3000 runners vied with Paul Newman (making a movie on the race) for the overflow crowd...
...hardly a Mexican emblem. To be charitable, one could say the mistake was made because no one could believe the unheralded Bally had run a 2:15.44. After all, Veli Bally is not a household word, even if he was the only Turk entered in this year's BAA Marathon. (Try saying that name three times fast...
Cross-country runners Kraus and Sullivan will be joined by teammate Bill Berkeley, formerly of Winthrop House and New Canaan, Conn., who has 2:40 ambitions for his second marathon. Berkeley finished the Silver Lake jaunt in 2:48, but his 50-to-70-mile training regimen has "been inconsistent because of school work...
Tomorrow will also provide sweet revenge for Chem 20 students as Professor Jim Wuest exchanges his lab apron for gym shorts and a "Cincinnati" T-shirt. Wuest has been running for three years and trained heavily for the past two months. After a 3:04 time in the Silver Marathon in Lowell last month, he modestly aspires to a sub-three-hour effort...