Word: marathoning
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Though it is held on Patriots' Day, the Boston Marathon had been in danger of becoming downright unAmerican. Only one U.S. runner-Ambrose Burfoot in 1968-won the race between 1958 and 1972. In recent years, though, the American passion for jogging has aroused new interest and new hopes for a U.S. victory in the 26-mile 385-yd. race. That was evident when a record field of 1,398 turned out last week for the 77th running of the marathon. While the U.S. had such serious contenders as Olympian Jon Anderson and College Star Tom Fleming, most...
...Lincoln, our pitching coach, makes my job a lot easier. He's really done a helluva job." So spoke Crimson baseball mentor Loyal Park after Lincoln and his bullpen came through with a big save, preserving a 6-2 Harvard victory against Boston College in a marathon three hour game yesterday...
...fame, which he professed to dislike. He gave an endless series of farewell interviews and accepted one absolutely final nonscholarly job after another, from doing TV sports commentary to acting in movies. Yet did all this help him to achieve his ambition of winning the annual 26-mile Boston Marathon? No. He once finished 50th but by 1971, the year after Love Story, he had dropped down to 489th in a field of 887. When he produced his second work of fiction, Fairy Tale, in 1973, he was still not a writer either. In fact, he seemed even less...
...those telephone weatherwomen are to be believed, more of the same will be featured today when an estimated 1800 runners line up in a Hopkinton street for the noontime start of the 77th annual Boston Marathon. The winners should finish at about...
These rich rewards, however, may be leading the Marathon into a dark era. The event has become so popular that the official field has swelled to a record 1574 entries this year. In addition, hundreds of others--who could not meet the qualifying time--will be running...