Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There was hope in Boston. Not for eleven years had an American won the annual Patriots' Day Marathon, a grind of 26 miles and 385 yards winding from suburban Hopkinton to the finish line at Exeter Street in downtown Boston. This year, after a decade of watching Japanese, Koreans and Finnish runners wallop America's best, loyal Bostonians saw a chance for victory. There were no entrants from Japan or Korea, and the Finns were represented by a pair of solemn runners who ranked no better than fifth and sixth in their own marathon-happy country...
...runners were treated as princely guests. "In Finland," explained one of their sponsors, "a marathon runner is very glamorous. What you think of a movie star we think of a marathon runner...
...Boston Marathon...
Although Jim Doty ran the Boston Marathon under the name of James Rotz, he did not do so willfully. Rather, B.A.A. officials misread his writing. He thus has not violated his amateur standing...
Erich Segal, a classics major tracing the Greek origins of the marathon, finished 87th in 3:43.32. "I went out fast and really skyrocketed when I heard those cheers at Wellesley," he said, but my legs gave out when I reached the Newton hills...