With no Marathon Monday tomorrow, look back at these close races, improbable wins, fast times, and more.
In 1982, they battled stride for stride for more than two hours in the most thrilling Boston marathon ever run. Then the drama really began.When Alberto Salazar came to the 1982 Boston Marathon, he was considered invincible on the roads, thanks in part to his world-class pedigree on the track and in cross country. He certainly wasn’t in the habit of worrying about runners whose 10K PRs were 2 minutes slower than his.
Although she slowed over the second half, Benoit finished in 2:22:43, more than two and a half minutes faster than Waitz had run the previous day. The aggressive retort to Waitz presaged the first women's Olympic Marathon the following year, when Benoit ran away from the field after 3 miles and Waitz finished second, more than a minute behind.Geoff Smith suffered in the heat after running the first half of the race at world record pace.
The course, conditions, and pace soon overwhelmed Smith. Hamstring cramps forced him to walk on some of the Newton Hills. But the field was so relatively weak that Smith, who more stepped than sprinted across the finish line, was able to win by more than 5 minutes with his time of 2:14:05.TIMOTHY CLARYGranted, she was the course record holder and had won her seven previous marathons. But none of that mattered when, starting in the fifth mile, she experienced stomach cramps, then diarrhea.
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