The evening after the 1988 Boston Marathon, Honolulu Marathon president Jim Barahal and I flagged a cab at the Copley Plaza Hotel down to the old Boston… Read more “BOSTON 1988: THE YEAR DECADES OF DOMINANCE BEGAN”
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WOMEN RECORD SETTERS AT BOSTON
With yesterday’s announcement that men’s marathon world record holder, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya will run the Boston Marathon for the first time next April, I went over… Read more “WOMEN RECORD SETTERS AT BOSTON”
OLYMPIC MARATHON AFTERTHOUGHTS
Everyone keeps breathlessly mentioning how Molly Seidel was running only her third marathon in bringing home the Olympic bronze medal from Sapporo last weekend. OK, but I… Read more “OLYMPIC MARATHON AFTERTHOUGHTS”
FIRST BOSTON PREVIEW BEFORE THE DELUGE
In last year’s IAAF Competition Performance Rankings for the marathon, At number 82 Boston Marathon USA 16 APR 2018 515 3 7967 110 0 8482 So, we… Read more “FIRST BOSTON PREVIEW BEFORE THE DELUGE”
INSTANT KARMA FOR DES LINDEN IN BOSTON
Boston, MA – According to Race director Dave McGillvray, 30,087 entered the 2018 Boston Marathon. 27,362 picked up their bib numbers. 27,042 started, and 95.5% of them finished,… Read more “INSTANT KARMA FOR DES LINDEN IN BOSTON”
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