Word: salazarism
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...will have in the back of my mind the flickering thought I may be able to chase Salazar further...
...there's somebody Dan Schlesinger would like to catch the tall native Cuban that Schlesinger followed for most of the New York Race, undefeated marathoner Alberto-Salazar...
...certainly not one to regard Salazar as anything less than a god," says the matter-of-fact Schlesinger, who pulled up alongside the champion for a few moments in the race's sixteenth mile...
Schlesinger is looking forward to encountering the deity of the roads again this April, in the Boston Marathon. "I may approach the next race differently," he explains. "I will not absolutely concede [to Salazar] I mean, I will have in the back of my mind the flickering thought that I may be able to chase Salazar further," he says...
...Alberto Salazar's victory in the Boston Marathon last week came in the record-breaking time of 2:08:51. It was an extraordinary performance, but it was no more remarkable than the finish of Guy Gertsch. The Salt Lake City bus-station ticket agent finished No. 985 in the entirely ordinary time of 2:47. But he did it on a broken leg. Gertsch, 38, felt what he thought was a cramp starting after seven miles. But he was determined to finish, and so he pounded on for 19 more miles before collapsing at the finish line. Doctors...