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...sense of achievement. "After the race it seemed worthwhile, although on mile 26, nothing seems worthwhile," he said. Crossing the finish line at 4:47 along with his Eliot House roommate, Howard Johnson, Larson fulfilled his goal of "just finishing the race." Although he only started training for the marathon a few weeks ago, the ex-football player from Santa Barbara, Calif., believed that his athletic ability would pull him through. Yet after the race, he admitted that--like Kristof--his view of the race was somewhat romanticized...
...football frame, McLeod said he found the two sports "somewhat similar in that you have to be reckless in both." However, the senior noted the night before the race that "preparation in football is different because you have to psyche yourself up to be mean, while for a marathon you have to be in the right frame of mind to stand pain, not give it out." This proved to be an unfortunate prophesy, since the inexperienced runner drank too much water during the race, causing his stomach to cramp. McLeod was ahead of his desired pace at 13 miles...
Stomach cramps also sidelined Bill O'Neil '82, forcing him to jog the last ten miles. A native of Centerville, Mass., O'Neil qualified to run in Boston by blazing through the Cape Cod Marathon in 2:44 last December. The 5-ft., 140-lb. sophomore said he worked eight months training for Boston. The week before the race he said he "felt like a little kid before Christmas who can't think of anything else." Most likely, O'Neil would have liked the weather to be a little more wintry, since the summery sun melted his dream of breaking...
Harvard assistant women's track coach John Babington has looked toward "next year" for the past 12 years. Completing his 13th consecutive Boston marathon in 3:08, Babington said he sees the race as an annual tradition more than anything else--"I'm strictly a casual and amateur Marathon runner," Babington said. "As a coach I would discourage any runner who put in as little training as I did." Thirty-four years old, the rookie coach started running the Marathons when he entered Harvard Law School in 1968. Although he admits he does not really enjoy the race, preferring...
With the increase in the number and caliber of Harvard participants in the grueling race, someday Crimson runners in the Boston Marathon may become a new Massachusetts tradition...