"Though Kerry recently was spotted buying running shorts, he's usually engaged in other sports--lots of them. This indicates vitality, open-mindedness, versatility, and enough confidence to be photographed in wetsuits and cycling shorts."
(But)" His dabbling shows he can be indecisive, and his custom Serotta bike, which reportedly cost $8,000 doesn't exactly fit his populist pitch. Even some Democrats may wish his biggest running achievement--the Boston Marathon--was backed up by some solid documentation. "
I'd give a lot to see Sen. Kennedy and Rep. Nadler in a 100 yard dash (well dash may be too strong a word).
It should be fairly easy to check and see if Kerry actually did run in the Boston Marathon. The results should be available if he finished and he had to register for the race. I don't know if Boston had qualifying times for entry during the 1970s. As a marathoner myself (only 5), I remember my times in all of them. I suspect that Kerry never ran in the Boston Marathon, or at least didn't complete it.
Monday, April 20, 1970
Qualifying standards were introduced. The official B.A.A. entry form stated, "A runner must submit the certification...that he has trained sufficiently to finish the course in less than four hours…"
YEAR ENTRANTS
1970 1,174
1971 1,067
1972 1,219
1973 1,574
1974 1,951
1975 2,395
1976 2,188
1977 3,040
1978 4,764
1979 7,927
" Kerry says he completed a Boston in the '70s but forgets his time "
I'm a runner and not only does this not pass the smell test, it's a further indication of Kerry's ongoing and probably untreated , mental pathology .
Anyone who runs a marathon, especially a big one like the Boston or NYC, will remember their time- for ever.
Especially if you only run it once.
This is like a golfer playing a dream round at St Andrews in Scotland and then saying they can't remember their score.
How much evidence does it take before people other than bloggers and Freepers,
will acknowledge that Kerry has major psychological problems which render him unfit to be anywhere near the Oval Office ?
Or is it that to be a Democrat nominee for president, one of the prerequisites is that you be a psychopath ?
Running is by far the BEST thing any individual can do. Running just a few days a week gives you so much more motivation and energy to do things. Compare any runner vs a non runner and i would place money that the runner accomplishes far more and is more productive with their time.
That being said. I don't think I can every run a marathon. I mean damn, I hate running. I cap myself at 5 miles.
I was there. I never saw him. Believe me, after trashing the troops on TV and making me spit, I would have recognized him.
Can I do a commercial for the "Massachussettsians For Truth" 527 now?
Every few years someone runs part of the race, hops onto a street car or subway or the T and rides and then crosses the finish line.
I would expect that JF'ingK would have had someone with a video camera taking pictures of him for posterity or at least of his posterior.
I ran Boston in the early 80's. I remember my qualifying race and time (Jersey Shore Marathon, 2:48:45) my finish place and time at Boston (2257 of 6664 in 2:56:59)and still have the finisher medal you only get by crossing the finish line. I'm sure that finisher lists are archived somewhere; maybe I'll google one up to cross check my memory!
If Kerry did run, he's on a list unless he ran "bandit" (unregistered).
Kerry was following Rosie Ruiz in the 1980 Boston Marathon before he learned that she wasn't rich.