Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stack got off to a poor start. Kiphuth turned away from the pool as Verdeur began his laps. Reid finished up the race and Kiphuth looked at the stopwatch, laughed, and said to those next to him, "we better leave after that." The announcer informed the assembled multitude that, although the time was excellent, "it didn't quite break the world record...
...present race course is a pretty timid affair, running for about the nine miles along Perini's poorly-built parkway, then over the well known overpass into Wellesley to the finish line in front of the Alumnae Hall. There is one difficult hill on Route 9 which extends about half a mile. Such spectators as can drag themselves out of bed and out to Wellesley by 10:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning should stand on the hill to the left of the Quad to get the best view of the racers, and their attached bicycles...
Last year there was a pretty poor turnout for the big race, mainly because the cyclists were racing to Wellesley for the sheer joy of pedaling along the pike. This year is different. Prizes will be provided for the first few places in the entire race, and also for the winners of each of the three main divisions of bicycles--racing touring and balloon tire...
...inducement is a Schwinn "New World" bicycle, which will be handed out by Bow Street's Bicycle Exchange to the lucky winner of the race. Just what the victor is supposed to do with the cycle he won the race on is nuclear, but as Hegel says, onward and upward...
People are not expected to cheat in the Wellesley bike race. Perhaps this is because it is quite difficult to chest. In fact just about the only way to circumvent the law is to grab the tailboard of a passing truck; or have a friend over the next hill with a motorcycle...