There have been many historic firsts in the long history of the Boston Marathon. This coming Monday, 21 April, 2025, 28-year-old John Korir of Kitale, Kenya, will attempt to… Read more “BROTHERHOOD ON BOYLSTON: JOHN KORIR LOOKS TO EMULATE WESLEY AS BOSTON MARATHON CHAMPION”
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BOSTON 1988: THE YEAR DECADES OF DOMINANCE BEGAN
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”
MARATHON – 2024 vs 2018
I ran across the following data while looking over past notes in my iPhone. Wanted to see how the marathon year 2024 compared with 2018 after reading… Read more “MARATHON – 2024 vs 2018”
NEW YORK CITY LATE RACE DUSTING
There were no clouds of dust like in 1982 when Alberto Salazar pulled free from Mexico’s Rodolfo GÓMEZ coming off Columbus Circle into Central Park along a… Read more “NEW YORK CITY LATE RACE DUSTING”
KIPCHOGE UNSURE WHY HIS LEG GAVE OUT IN BOSTON
In Tom Derderian’s magisterial book, the Boston Marathon: The History of the World’s Premier Running Event, he describes the 1990 Boston Marathon thusly. /When 1988 Olympic marathon… Read more “KIPCHOGE UNSURE WHY HIS LEG GAVE OUT IN BOSTON”
KIPCHOGE’S BOSTON DILEMMA
With marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge making his Boston Marathon debut next Monday, the anticipation for the 127th edition of the grand old race has rarely… Read more “KIPCHOGE’S BOSTON DILEMMA”
ADDING UP BOSTON 2023
All things being equal, like injuries, illness, and travel visas, 13 men with marathon personal bests under 2:06 will line up in Hopkinton, Massachusetts on April 17th… Read more “ADDING UP BOSTON 2023”
THE GOAT ANNOUNCED FOR BOSTON
So, it’s finally happening. The marathon GOAT, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, is coming to Boston for Patriots Day 2023. Today (1 Dec. 2022), the BAA and Kipchoge… Read more “THE GOAT ANNOUNCED FOR BOSTON”
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