Kerry daughter wants to run (Says she will run Boston Marathon "just like her dad.")

Boston Globe ^ | February 16, 2005 | Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

GOING THE DISTANCE Following in her father's footsteps, Vanessa Kerry is training to run in the Boston Marathon. John Kerry's youngest daughter is studying in London on a Fulbright scholarship, but told friends in a recent e-mail that she's training for the April race. (Her father has said he competed in the late 1970s.) In the e-mail, Kerry said she's running as part of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's marathon team and invited friends to visit the Dana-Farber website and make a donation supporting cancer research. (Among those who've responded are famous friends: singer Carole King and Al Gore's middle daughter, Kristin Gore.) Reached yesterday in Bozeman, Mont., where her mother, Julia Thorne, lives, Kerry declined to specify her reasons for running the marathon, but said that her parents, both of whom have been treated for cancer, are an inspiration. ''It's for everybody I've known who's had cancer," said the third-year Harvard Medical School student. ''It's a way for me to be involved in something positive and proactive after the election."

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Funny, but when you inspect the official results of the Boston Marathon in the Back Bay neighborhood of the Hub City, you'll find that John Kerry is not listed as an official finisher in the time period he purportedyly ran it. He claims, however, to have been an unofficial registrant, and ran it as "a bandit."

[RockinRight]

You scared me. I thought you meant she was gonna run for President...

[Semper Paratus]

A lawyer witnessed him barely finishing a 5k road race at that time.

[HMFIC]

Kinda like that SUPER SECRET mission he ran in Cambodia with that CIA agent that the CIA never heard of.

[ken5050]

A generl rule of thumb is that the Boston Marathon ain't the best choice for your maiden effort...like..LOTS of hills..

[jec41]

If she runs like her dad no one will ever know it.

[ken5050]

Rosie Ruiz bump!!!

[American Butterfly]

I thought the same thing too!...lol

[el_chupacabra]

I gather if she runs for this charity she does not need to meet the qualifying time. Probably a decent way to get into the race.

(been trying for 8 years to qualify. still not there yet.)

[jslade]

I wonder if she'll run with a see-through jersey?

[martin_fierro]

RUN, VANESSA, RUN!

[One Proud Dad]

Help me out. Why does someone who's father is wealthy need a scholarship to study abroad?

Anyone?

[Zeppelin]

just read the article. this guy has delusions of grandeur! not only was he in cambodia and vietnam simultaneously in '68, he was in boston and new york at the same time in '86, and to top it off, he runs marathons and doesnt even keep mementos! Omnipresent? This guy thinks he's God.

[HMFIC]

I think that if she eats a good diet, rich in HAY and OATS, with molasses as well, she'll do fine.

[quantim]

No doubt the local Hamster Society will turn out some support.

[Semper Paratus]

Why does someone who's father is wealthy need a scholarship to study abroad?

Her Father has squat thanks to a pre-nup and a 3 million dollar mortgage on his only property.

[Porterville]

Tits Kerry wants to run a marathon like Lyrch? That's not hard, Tits just has to lie.

[RexBeach]

This IS pricelesss! LOL! Thank you!

[Fudd Fan]

But her mother is still loaded, isn't she?

[76834]

I wonder if she'll run with a see-through jersey?

Was wondering if this is the same daughter that showed her "knockers" back during the campaign.
Didnt look that bad but I've seen lots better.
You would think that with all that money she could afford implants......