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When Did John Kerry Run the Boston Marathon?
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| October 4, 2004
| Football Fans for Truth
Posted on 10/05/2004 11:40:40 AM PDT by americaprd
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To: americaprd
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.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:49:14 AM PDT
by
js1138
(Speedy architect of perfect labyrinths.)
To: americaprd
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.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:49:36 AM PDT
by
AmericanMade1776
((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
To: americaprd
Flipper ran it from finish-to-start, running backwards. He ran the marathon although he didn't. He finished before he started.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:49:38 AM PDT
by
searchandrecovery
(Socialist America - diseased and dysfunctional.)
To: rabidralph
It would certainly be a highlight in my life and I would never lose an opportunity to brag about it.
I'm left with bragging about being able to job almost a mile...but that was back in the day.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:49:57 AM PDT
by
altura
(Dan Rather is Geraldo without the humility.)
To: rabidralph
Exactly. I have a friend from Chile who ran the race in 1978 and has a photo of himself crossing the finish line (time clock appears in the upper corner) prominently displayed in his office. He considers it one of the most memorable moments of his life.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:49:58 AM PDT
by
katana
To: HawaiianGecko
Not sure if I meant "hummer" opinion or "humble" option ... it's my own personal psychosis.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:50:00 AM PDT
by
HawaiianGecko
(Member of the PajamaNati for 1/6th of a year)
To: bunky
Maybe there's some film left from his restaging of the event.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:50:38 AM PDT
by
js1138
(Speedy architect of perfect labyrinths.)
To: DallasMike
If you've ever trained for and run a marathon, you would remember the year you did it.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:50:42 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: js1138
Yep...that's it...threw the Marathon Medal away with the Medals/Ribbons over the fence....back in the 70's!
To: americaprd
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.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:51:42 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(John Kerry: Better than Ted Kennedy!)
To: AmericanMade1776
My husband has run the Boston Marathon several times and will do so again in 2005. He can recount the years and his exact times without hesitation. Of course, he had to run qualifiers to get into the Boston Marathon. If Kerry actually did run Boston, which I doubt, he must have gotten in on some kind of exemption.
To: americaprd
Dan Rather just found a proportionally typed memo from John Kerry's mom dated back in 1974 which congratulates her son on running the Boston Marathon.
To: americaprd
"John Kerry said, 'I remember my first Boston Marathon ... it's a great run.'"
Remembering your first Boston Marathon when you watched it on a big screen television while cozied up in an imported leather easy chair onboard your yacht moored off the pier of your European villa is not the same as running in the Boston Marathon, Kerry.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:53:37 AM PDT
by
Chummy
("I Rather Know when I See BS." RepublicanAttackSquad.biz: "A vote 4 Kerry is a vote 4 Osama")
To: HawaiianGecko
well he told a group or Irish Bostonians that "those of us who are Irish" love St Patricks day.
Not a drop in him.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:53:55 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(John Kerry: Better than Ted Kennedy!)
To: bunky
I ran the Hospital Hill marathon in Kansas City in '77, '78 & '79 at 3:43, 3:29 and 3:31 respectively and they were not good enough to get me into the Boston marathon, not that I really wanted to run it, but still I remember the years and the times and have pictures and posters in my scrapbooks.
I'm sure Kerry took photos of this event and he should make them public!
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:53:59 AM PDT
by
HawaiianGecko
(Member of the PajamaNati for 1/6th of a year)
To: DallasMike
If you run the marathon you remember the year, or the number of the marathon. I ran the 99th and 101st.
The BAA has a complete list of all bib numbers and it would be easy enough to prove/disprove. I'd be willing to bet that kerry doesn't know how accessible they are.
You also don't just run the marathon. You have to qualify, unless you buy your way in via donations to various charities.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:54:04 AM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(a few hours without FR toasted my mind)
To: americaprd
Any clear evidence to show Kerry did not run?
Wow...great ad if there was.
To: dirtboy
When Did John Kerry Run the Boston Marathon?The same year Algore invented it. ;^)
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:54:51 AM PDT
by
ThomasMore
(Pax et bonum!)
To: bunky
"...Everyone that runs knows their exact time and the year they run...."
I second this comment emphatically.
Heck, not intending it a boast but I can even recall my mile times when I approached four minutes (4:12 best in October 1984).
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:56:13 AM PDT
by
Chummy
("I Rather Know when I See BS." RepublicanAttackSquad.biz: "A vote 4 Kerry is a vote 4 Osama")
To: Two Dawgs
The Boston Marathon...walk to his office... all interchangable back in those days.
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posted on
10/05/2004 11:56:26 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(John Kerry: Better than Ted Kennedy!)
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