Word: marathoned
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...event which once attracted only a few dozen harriers, in recent years the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) classic has rapidly grown in size despite the constant tightening of qualifying requirements. Now in order to qualify, a male under 40 must run a marathon in under three hourse; all others must complete the distance in under 3:30. But the lure of this famous race is such that 3016 people from all over the world have met those standards, including a record 141 women...
Among those poised for the start at noon are several world-class marathoners along with a few former winners of the event. Bill Rodgers of Melrose, who astonished onlookers in 1975 by winning the Marathon in a record 2:09.55, will join the chase as well as last year's winner, Jack Fultz, a 28-year-old Georgetown graduate from Franklin Park, Pa. (Fultz's time: 2:20.19). 1976 female champ Kim Merritt (2:47.10), who was hospitalized for exhaustion after her victory, will attempt to repeat her win without any of last year's side effects. And 1974 victor...
...battle Heartbreak Hill and the strain of running without a break for three hourse. Bill Kraus, a Lowell House senior, is a sure bet to lead the Crimson contingent. He ran last year and turned in an impressive 2:39.05 to finish 79th. Kraus ran in the Silver Lake Marathon (Hopkinton to Newton, a course similar to the BAA race) in February and finished with a 2:50 and 11th-place position in near-blizzard conditions. The Akron, Ohio resident says he's looking to run the Marathon today in a time under...
Mather House will contribute two official entries--sophomore David Sullivan and Joel Arnason, a junior. Sullivan also qualified in the Silver Lake Marathon, running a 2:47.48 in his first effort. Sullivan, who has a track and cross-country background said last week there's some pressure to the race: "All these people keep telling me that they're going to come down and watch me and Jeez, what if I drop out? I tell everybody that it's my problem, not theirs. After it's all over I'm going to get drunk...
Arnason, a native of Grand Forks, N.D., said he has been running up to 75 miles a week to prepare for today. A pole-vaulter who discovered the Boston Marathon his freshman year, Arnason went back West to qualify--at the Paavo Nurmi Marathon last August (his time: 2:57). Like Kraus, Arnason wants to bring his time down about ten minutes or so, into...