[Oe List ...] Boston Marathon

[Herman Greene]

That's very impressive that he ran a marathon in 1954. There were very few
marathoners at the time. There were probably less than 1000 runners, instead
of 26,000.

 

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Sincerest congratulations, Herman. Indeed, all is possible.

 

Fred McGuire ran the marathon, I think in '54 for the U.S. Navy track team.
Don't know his time or how many entrants there were. He medaled in the
Western Hemisphere Marathon (Long Beach) that year. I think he weighed 140
lbs. Was 22 years old, a year before we met.

 

Blessings on all your endeavors,

Jann

 

 

 

 

 

In a message dated 4/17/2012 9:11:25 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
hfgreene at mindspring.com writes:

I ran the Boston Marathon yesterday. The temperature reached 89 degrees, 153
people were treated at area hospitals, and 8 were in critical condition at
some stage though no one died.

 

Here's a testimony to the conditions:

 

"This was the toughest marathon I've ever run, and I've done 5 Ironmans, 3
Bostons and about 20 marathons," said Mark Williams, 45, of Richmond, Va. He
said his time was 30 minutes slower than six months ago. "It was brutal."

 

I was able to keep running and I also finished about 30 minutes slower than
I had hoped. It was a real mind trip. I didn't really know what to do to
sustain myself in the race. I had never run a marathon in those conditions
before.

 

All in all though, it was marvelous. One of those crazy things we do for
fun! 

 

Herman

 

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