About time this video was put up.
Wow!
Wow, what a finish! Thank you.
I think that is the longest clip of the race I have seen since I had the misfortune of running that race. All that I can say is that it was incredibly hot and I died. Those two ran the gutsiest races I could ever imagine.
I love the bahstan accent -- "pumping his ahms and rolling"
What's with all the bikers?
TDF wrote:
I think that is the longest clip of the race I have seen since I had the misfortune of running that race. All that I can say is that it was incredibly hot and I died. Those two ran the gutsiest races I could ever imagine.
You were there? The high of the day was 70 degrees.
That was great- thanks. I remember it well!
Incredible video! What guts. Man, that's what Boston is all about.
TDF and those of you who were there, could you please tell us more about that day? This is much more exciting than any Hollywood movies :)
I wish they had a recorded interview of Beardsley and Salazar after the race (once they had come back to life!).
It was an incredible race performance by Salazar and Beardsley.
It was much hotter than 70 degrees. I ran the "Duel" and remember getting a sun tan at the start line. I lived in So Fla at the time and knew we were in for a brutal race.
I remember finishing with salt caked on my face and shorts.
No way did I think anyone would run a course record let alone two guys sub 2:09. Sub 2:09 was almost unheard of at the time. Think about the following:
Third place was three plus minutes back John Lodwick- 2:12:01 --- Bill Rodgers 4th - 2:12:38.
The great Grete Waitz dropped out at the 23 mile mark while leading and on world record pace. The heat, hills had taken a toll.
It was a memorable marathon day. It was great to have been there.
I don't know, perhaps I am jaded but I did not think that finish was so great a bit of a race with 200 to go but that was it. Chicago this year was better, both mens and womens.
I don't really have a horse in this race, but the commentators in that clip do say, "It's a beautiful day with temperatures in the 60's." Whatever the temperature, that was an awesome race. It's weird watching the leaders surrounded by what looks like a presidential motorcade... what was up with that!?
Perhaps you are, jaded that is.
Consider this, Geb and Tergat "duking it out" for 26 miles in direct sunlight, 70 to 80 degrees and still run near the world record and third place was back around 2:07.
No hired pace setters. I believe not...... get the picture?
Chicago 2007 will be forgotten long before the Duel.
honestly, what was with all the motorcycles? All the motorcycles flanked Salazar in the last quarter mile and basically took up the entire street. Was it really necessary to have seven motorcycles up front like that?
abebe wrote:
It was an incredible race performance by Salazar and Beardsley.
It was much hotter than 70 degrees. I ran the "Duel" and remember getting a sun tan at the start line. I lived in So Fla at the time and knew we were in for a brutal race.
I remember finishing with salt caked on my face and shorts.
No need to make the facts bigger than they are.
Your memory doesn't jibe with the facts. While i didn't run, I did watch the race from the rooftop of Nike Welly. It was so cold in the morning I wore a down jacket and during the race I moved inside and out to keep warm. It wasn't until the runners passed Wellesley did the overhead sun warm things up. Even so, the high for the day was 70 degrees, and I doubt it very much that it reached that mark until well after the runners finished.
I've run against both guys (beat them both, 1 time when they had bad races), and talked to both guys. I can tell you this. Dick was one of the nicest, most humble guys I ever met; a real pleasure to have known back in the early 80s. Alberto was a egotistical, pompus jackass. (I cut him some slack, figuring it might be that 'east coast-Boston area style edge' in his personality).
Malmo,
You're right you didn't run !! If the high was only 70, that and direct sunlight, it was hot enough.
To refresh your memory, Boston has almost no shade and the direct sunlight of the afternoon sun was quite difficult. While it's not the hottest Boston on record, Salazar's and Beardsley's performance were amazing. If only for that day.
Please ask anyone that did run, spectators need not respond.
Whenever I used to hear about the duel I always figured the temperature was in the low 200s from how people described it. It appears it was in the upper 60s at best. Not exactly the worst conditions imaginable. Chicago this year was much warmer.
Yankees don't handle heat very well.
I'm quite aware of what the effects of direct sunlight are, however, that day was not "very hot" as you and others are claiming. It never got up to 70 during the race and was downright chilly for the first half.
I've run the stretch from Natick to Cleveland Circle hundreds of times. I'm aware of what the course it like.
Your memory doesn't jibe with the facts, mine does.