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I met him about 10 years ago. He was promoting a book and was the running celebrity ambassador for our local marathon. He even ran the half. He was trying for a return to Boston following knee replacement. I ran into him again in Boston and took his tour. He seemed like such a nice guy. I'm not sure if his knee replacements held up to the rigors of running. I think he was a fishing guide in TX at the time.
Back in about 1981, there use to be races run in Percy Warner Park in Nashville, 1.6, 5.8 and 11.2. The 11.2 was especially brutal because of some massive hills, especially the 9 mile hill which covered the entire 9 - 10 miles. No one knew who he was, I guess he was visiting someone in Nashville, but Beardsley jumped in the 11.2 on a whim for a hard training run and ended up winning in a time of 55 and change. It may still be the course record.
You guys are pretending Dick Beardsley was a super talented fellow.
* No sub-1:25 600 yards in junior high school or high school.
* No sub-10:15 2 mile in high school.
* No sub-25:30 8K or 5 mile in college.
Three or so years after college, he's racing 26.2 miles at 4:5x per mile. Too good to be true.
It's all true. I was there when he started his climb to the top in college. Watched him go from decent Division II (30:50 cross-country 10K) to national class(2:12) to world class)2:08-09) on hard work and passion. The guy was fearless in training and racing. Nicest person ever, but a killer racing. He feared no one. If you see his training logs (The Runner magazine posted some of his pre 82 Boston workouts) you would see what it takes to get to that level. Go to his website: dickbeardsley.com and get caught up on his current adventures.
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