Wow...great ad if there was.
Although I did not run Boston in 1991, just qualifying for it was one of the milestone events of my life.
Kerry, once again, is a liar....
I suspect Kerry's full of crap. Nobody just runs a marathon. It takes dedication...running regularly, practicing a certain way. And nobody forgets. If you run a marathon ONCE it will be especially "seared" in your memory, it's that tough and therefore that much of an accomplishment. Typically, runners are very proud of it, never forget their time let alone the date...my impression is that runners who are advanced enough to tackle a marathon tend to get fixated on details: time, pace, training methods, shoes, etc.
Qualified for
Started
Participated in
Nowhere does it say FINISHED!!!! This guy is a piece of work.
When was his second Boston Marathon
Kerry remembers his first BM.....he still has it....had it bronzed...it's next to his first silver star
Or the year he went to Cambodia...
I think I remember this event. Remember when the guy cheated and jumped in at the end of the race? That HAD to be Kerry!!
bump fpr later
The Marathoner in Chief
Though injuries have reduced his running during his presidency, Bush has a treadmill on Air Force One and goes for hour-long jaunts on it in the air during overseas trips. In January, 1993, he finished the Houston Marathon in 3:44:52 (that's about an 8:30 pace); he's the only president ever to complete that distance. (Kerry claims to have run in, and finished, the Boston Marathon "in '80, something like that" -- but there's no official record of his feat, and his campaign did not provide further details despite repeated inquiries.)
2004 top 100 men finishers
Here are the top men finishers in the 2004 Boston Marathon.
Place Name Age Home Time
1 Timothy Cherigat 27 Kenya 2:10:37
2 Robert Cheboror 25 Kenya 2:11:49
3 Martin Lel 25 Kenya 2:13:38
4 Stephen Kiogora 29 Kenya 2:14:34
5 Hailu Negussie 24 Ethiopia 2:17:30
6 Benjamin Kosgei Kimutai 33 Kenya 2:17:45
7 Joshua Kipkemboi 45 Kenya 2:18:23
8 Andrew Letherby 30 Australia 2:19:31
9 Fedor V. Ryzhov 44 Russian Federation 2:21:24
10 Elly Rono 33 Kenya 2:22:45
11 Alexander S. Prokopchuk 36 Latvia 2:23:48
12 Wilson Komen 26 Kenya 2:24:06
13 Christopher Zieman 32 Felton, CA 2:25:45
14 Salvatore Bettiol 42 Italy 2:26:15
15 Kentarou Suzuki 26 Japan 2:27:15
16 Dawit Trfe 19 Ethiopia 2:27:54
17 Eric M. Post 25 Fairfax, VA 2:29:13
18 Mario Fattore 28 Italy 2:29:17
19 Michael R. Wardian 30 Arlington, VA 2:29:57
20 John Mentzer 27 Newport, RI 2:30:50
21 Laban Kipkemboi 26 Kenya 2:31:17
22 Eddie Ernest-Jones 27 Great Britain 2:31:53
23 John A. Mirth 41 Platteville, WI 2:32:32
24 Henry Wanyoike 29 Kenya 2:33:20
25 Hiroaki Takeda 29 Japan 2:33:22
26 Ryan C. Linden 22 Rochester Hills, MI 2:33:32
27 Brian E. Spangenberg 40 Canyon Country, CA 2:33:57
28 Minoru Isono 30 Japan 2:34:07
29 Jason L. Saitta 26 Parker, CO 2:34:14
30 Jesse J. Williams 26 Reston, VA 2:34:38
31 Peter Heimgartner 35 Australia 2:35:16
32 Eric G. Beauchesne 34 Chelmsford, MA 2:35:39
33 John Sillery 32 Athens, OH 2:37:24
34 Andy Hass 25 Belleville, MI 2:38:24
35 Motofumi Hikihashi 27 Japan 2:38:37
36 Bob L. Dickie 29 Kailua, HI 2:39:12
37 Ken J. Pliska 38 Littleton, MA 2:39:16
38 Chris J. Farley 28 Arlington, VA 2:39:27
39 Matthew Dobson 34 Jay, FL 2:39:29
40 Tyler Q. Kirk 23 Charlottesville, VA 2:39:30
41 Philippe B. Rolly 31 France 2:39:39
42 Joshua L. Sohn 22 Cambridge, MA 2:39:41
43 Wesley W. Holman 27 Casper, WY 2:39:44
44 Tony Banovich 41 Billings, MT 2:39:56
45 Atsuhiro Watanabe 21 Japan 2:40:00
46 Daniel B. Warren 33 Findlay, OH 2:40:00
47 Craig N. Morrell 32 Canada 2:40:15
48 Brian P. Mulry 24 White River Junction, VT 2:41:07
49 Matt J. Karatkewicz 23 Middlefield, CT 2:41:15
50 Michael J. Dehring 33 Cincinnati, OH 2:41:21
51 John N. Friedman 23 Cambridge, MA 2:41:39
52 James R. Gallagher 27 Seattle, WA 2:41:44
53 Kevin N. Kaspzyk 33 Rochester, MI 2:42:01
54 Peter Forster 31 Switzerland 2:42:06
55 Bryan R. Kovalsky 25 Ridgefield, CT 2:42:11
56 Lowell Ladd 28 Boston, MA 2:42:15
57 Jonathan Clemens 30 San Diego, CA 2:42:18
58 Daniel Mc Cue 27 Boston, MA 2:42:21
59 Ian A. Nurse 26 Great Britain 2:42:42
60 Joel E. Mc Creary 26 Glendale, AZ 2:42:55
61 Chuck Engle 33 Clinton, MS 2:43:05
62 Eric J. Lavigne 27 Ashburn, VA 2:43:08
63 Todd R. White 39 Huntsville, AL 2:43:10
64 Vincenzo Trentadue 23 Italy 2:43:19
65 Matt Gerard 32 Kalamazoo, MI 2:43:31
66 Alexander G. Hetherington 36 Stafford, VA 2:43:38
67 Mark S. Reeder 44 Brighton, MA 2:43:46
68 Ryan M. Donahue 25 Centreville, VA 2:43:52
69 Derek Decicco 24 Long Beach, CA 2:43:58
70 J. Anthony Skuce 40 Canada 2:44:11
71 Michael J. Mc Grane 34 Rockport, MA 2:44:13
72 Timothy E. Fahey 30 Corpus Christi, TX 2:44:21
73 Mac Allen 46 Austin, TX 2:44:22
74 Mark T. Cucuzzella 37 Denver, CO 2:44:35
75 Leonard Vergunst 48 Ocean Springs, MS 2:44:37
76 James Harper 26 Atlanta, GA 2:44:40
77 Conrad F. Orloff 34 Columbia, MD 2:44:48
78 Jeff R. Watson 22 Chicago, IL 2:44:54
79 Andrew E. Bartle 27 San Diego, CA 2:44:56
80 Ryan J. La Fleur 30 Boston, MA 2:45:10
81 Johnny Loria 29 Costa Rica 2:45:41
82 Gregory C. Mullins 29 Randolph, NJ 2:45:41
83 Ted M. Leblow 35 Fort Leavenworth, KS 2:45:57
84 Keiron M. Tumbleton 38 Hopkinton, MA 2:46:09
85 Laurent R. Julien 36 France 2:46:15
86 Jonathan M. Feddock 23 Lexington, KY 2:46:19
87 Greg M. Ward 32 Holden, MA 2:46:19
88 Todd T. Marohl 36 Green Bay, WI 2:46:20
89 Paul Hammond 44 Lexington, MA 2:46:21
90 Peter Allen 43 Morristown, NJ 2:46:33
91 Kevin P. Grasmick 33 Alexandria, VA 2:46:54
92 Paul T. Hughes 38 Ireland 2:47:02
93 Todd R. Forsgren 23 Brunswick, ME 2:47:14
94 Eben J. Robinson 31 West Hartford, CT 2:47:19"
95 Ronald A. Jillard 21 Chapel Hill, NC 2:47:35
96 George P. Luke 38 Clinton, CT 2:47:38
97 Tony Tochtrop 40 Northglenn, CO 2:47:42
98 Jeffrey A. Schrock 28 Columbus, OH 2:47:46
99 David Harkin 34 Tualatin, OR 2:47:48
100 Thomas J. Neupauer 42 Mill Valley, CA 2:47:49
My daughter ran a maraton and let me tell you, it's not something you forget. You know your time and you sure as heck know the year.
It was around the year he sighted a 16 point buck on Cape Cod.
This is so sad. Kerry is one sick individual. You look up the definition of narcissism in the dictionary and it says: a personality disorder characterized by the patient’s overestimation of his or her own appearance and abilities and an excessive need for admiration. Then it shows his picture.
As President (God forbid) what will he give away in order to gain the admiration of the UN, France and Germany? Oh, not to mention North Korea, because he would of course be able to have successful bilateral negotiations with them to suspend their Nuke program.
You'd think the list of entrants still exists somewhere for an enterprising reporter to dig up...
http://www.rogersimon.com/archive/000292.html
The quote from the second site, so you don't have to register:
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."
And in a surprise announcement, the Kerry campaign announced today that John Kerry had also won an Olympic Gold Medal in the javelin toss back in '72 or '80, something like that; however, clearly someone in the Bush camp has not only stolen the original medal, but the Olympic records as well. John Kerry did locate the ribbon which held the medal which is seared, seared in his mind as having been placed around his neck.
Yeah and he's a double-ought spy too.. Jethro Kerry is just a big ol' north eastern liberal psuedo-communist lug... and his daddy Jeb Kennedy and granma the Grannybeast are just out shootin for some food and up out of ground came a bubblin a buttload of sedition, treason, and propaganda from the main stream media outlets.. HOO-WE.. says Jeb.. I figure we'll move to Hollyweird... and git culturated... Jethro bone up on yer cyphers.. Granny load the truck..
(Eddie Murphy laugh) First the moron Al Gore and then John freepin Kerry.. and Bob "welfare pimp" Dole couldn't even get the pitty vote.... and Georgie Bush really does take after Alfred E. Nueman somewhat... I'm tellin ya a bi-partisan sitcom could make a fortune if there even was such a thing as bi-partisan... which there isn't.. only ones that beleives that myth are republicans..
http://www.bluestatesforbush.com/ Follow up notes: 9/29/04. According to Hal Higdon's Boston: A Century of Running, (page 193) from 1975-1979, runners in Kerry's age group would need to have run a 3:00 marathon in certified race to be accepted as an entrant in the Boston Marathon. In 1980, that standard was dropped to the virtually unattainable 2:50 minutes.
Although as an "unofficial entrant," Senator Kerry would not have had to complete a marathon in a qualifying time.