The year a rich widow entered the race...
Orange K is just further proving he's a flatulent windbag...
He's quite sad really.
Probably rode in one of his "family's" SUVs for the majority of the distance.
Hey I think you have found another Kerry misstatement--If he has shrapnel the size of a bullet in his hip next to the bone--I bet it is awfully painful to walk much less run a marathon.
I want Bush to win as badly as anybody but I really can't fault Kerry if he can't remember the exact year in which he ran the Boston Marathon. It might be a different story though if had he claimed to have the Boston Marathon but, in fact, had not.
Any runner who ever ran a marathon would know the exact year of the marathon they ran in and not give some vague timeframe like the '80s.
Gee, if anyone can figure this out, I'll add to the timeline.
Lots of facts and quotes about the president-wannabe at the John F. Kerry Timeline.
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Well it wasn't on Nov 12, 1972. John Kerry was too buzy voting on whether or not his group should kill US Senators.
17,000 From Across Globe Begin 106th Boston Marathon By Deirdre Fulton Published: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 After the shot was fired, 17,000 people started running. There was Superman, in his cape; a few minutes later, a patriot ran by carrying an American flag. Fifty-three-year-old Judith Hine had come from New Zealand to run her 62nd marathon. She joined runners from Utah, California, New York, Peru, Korea and Kenya. They ran with members of the United States Army, the New York Fire Department and the Boston College track team. Amidst a sea of faces and emotions, the 106th Boston Marathon began at noon yesterday at its Hopkinton starting line. Just less than 17,000 registered runners, hailing from across the United States and around the world, gathered to run the 26.2 miles from the starting line to the finish in Copley Square. After the shot was fired, it took 20 minutes for all the runners, who were lined up around the block, to pass the starting line. Two hours before the shot was fired, Main Street and the Hopkinton town green swarmed with athletes, all engaged in their own routines. They stretched, ate protein bars, drank Gatorade and napped. Regardless of their activities, a universal feeling of restless excitement pervaded the area. "It's a dream come true," said 31-year-old Bushido Ito from Providence, R.I. "I've been running all my life to get here. I feel thankful to be able to come out and participate." Their motivations and their goals were different, but everyone agreed that the feeling of community shared between the runners was one of the best parts of running the Marathon. "It's such a unifying experience," said 72-year-old Margo Fish. Fish was one of the first women to run the Boston Marathon in 1967, before women were allowed to take part, and has run 33 times since then. "I thought it would be interesting and challenging," Fish said as she stretched and greeted well-wishers. "It's not about competition; it's about sharing the joy of saying yes to the spirit of running." Michael Hobernan, 37, of Shelborne Falls, Mass., said he was slightly nervous to be running his first Boston Marathon. However, he said the atmosphere helped his nerves. His favorite part of running a marathon, he said, is meeting the other runners. Hobernan was one of the many runners who hoped to finish the race within a certain time. Korea's Dongik Sin, 41, said he was very excited for his personal challenge. "I hope to beat my own best record today," he said. Other runners were simply hoping to make it to the finish line. Jean Pierre, 37, of Brockton, wanted to "make sure [his] legs could do it." Several runners said reaching the end of the marathon is the best moment. "It's a reward for running through the winter," explained Brad Smith, 54, of Peabody. "It answers all those questions, like, 'What am I doing running in the snow?'" Most runners said they trained for months by doing short runs between 3-6 miles on a daily basis and longer runs on weekends. Forty-year-old Otter Johan, from California, hadn't run for several days and said he felt "bloated and fat." However, taking a break is a significant part of the training process, according to Judy Whitcomb, 41, from New Hampshire. Whitcomb stressed the importance of training wisely and "listening to your body, which needs rest" to avoid injuries. Whitcomb was running the Boston Marathon for the first time and was looking forward to seeing her family cheering her on along the way. Many runners had friends and family members there to support them. Several thousand onlookers were in the crowd in Hopkinton, waving American flags, passing out water and holding up signs of encouragement. Citizens of Hopkinton were especially enthusiastic. "We love it. The whole town gets so excited," Hopkinton resident Lynda Messerman said, as she guarded the starting line to keep "bandits" (unregistered runners) out. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who fired the starter's pistol, also expressed his admiration for the runners. He lamented the fact that time constraints had made it impossible for him to run in the Marathon, which he participated in 20 years ago. "I love the Marathon," he said. "I admire everyone. To run, it takes a lot of spirit and a lot of guts."
John Kerry's faithful lying or at the least his constant exaggeration to make himself look better goes beyond simple mistakes and delves into the realm of a psychosis in my humber opinion. Do the American people really want a psychotic as commander in chief?
I ran the Boston Marathon in 1980 and my time was 2:51 minutes. Everyone that runs knows their exact time and the year they run. Marathons are important personal events. Newspapers in the Boston area even print the finishers and their times. There would be photos everywhere of John "Live Shot" Kerry if he ran this race. Something is WRONG with his story.
As much as Kerry likes to take pictures of his heroics, it is amazing he does not have a picture of his marathon run, I mean after all he took pictures of himself reacting his skirmishes in Vietnam.
There is no way John Kerry ran in the marathon, he would have it posted all over everything, and mention right after he served in Vietnam
I am hereby offering $50,000 to anyone who can prove they ran with John Kerry in the Boston Marathon.
The guy who does my taxes is a long distance runner. He has plaques and trophies for every event he ever entered.
Maybe Kerry threw his away. After all completing a marathon is no big deal.
There've been other thrilling pursuits -- the Democratic candidate is a snowboarder, a windsurfer, and a kite-sailor. There are endurance sports: He ran the Boston Marathon in the 1970s; and last August, he finished the 110-mile Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, a bicycle race, in 6 1/2 hours. That put him in 32nd place in the field of 3,700 riders.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=merron/kerry/040726
Okay, Kerry, how about some pictures. Put up or shut up.
Flipper ran it from finish-to-start, running backwards. He ran the marathon although he didn't. He finished before he started.
I believe back then the Boston Marathon rules were that you had to have at least marathon already completed to enter the race. I believe they did that to keep neophytes from jammng it up.