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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From: oe-bounces@wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of LAURELCG@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:40 PM
To: oe@wedgeblade.net
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Boston Marathon

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@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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