Here is a link to a great article on this battle to the wire in 1982.
http://www.halhigdon.com/books/boston.html
One notable. It discusses a guy finishing 109th in 2:27. If I recall correctly, 2:27 would be pretty close to top 25 the last five or so years at Boston, with 100th place usually being close to 2:40. What happend to all the real athletes? Don't tell me they are all doing tris, because there aren't many people putitng up results of the same caliber, which in my book, would be about 4:15 in a HIM.
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"When I first had the opportunity to compete in triathlon, it was the chicks and their skimpy race clothing that drew me in. Everyone was so welcoming and the lifestyle so obviously narcissistic. I fed off of that vain energy. To me it is what the sport is all about."
http://www.halhigdon.com/books/boston.html
One notable. It discusses a guy finishing 109th in 2:27. If I recall correctly, 2:27 would be pretty close to top 25 the last five or so years at Boston, with 100th place usually being close to 2:40. What happend to all the real athletes? Don't tell me they are all doing tris, because there aren't many people putitng up results of the same caliber, which in my book, would be about 4:15 in a HIM.
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"When I first had the opportunity to compete in triathlon, it was the chicks and their skimpy race clothing that drew me in. Everyone was so welcoming and the lifestyle so obviously narcissistic. I fed off of that vain energy. To me it is what the sport is all about."