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After his dramatic victorY in. the
Boiton Marathon, Alberto Salazar
Tii"iora his duel with Dick Beordslev
his plans to begin setting sights
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on the DAZ Otympics-in on interview
iiin ,aitors'Ed AYres and Phil
Stewart.
RT: Before Boston, You said You had
"no doubts" that You'd win. When
vou sot to 25 miles and Dick Beardsley
was itill in front of you, did you then
have any doubts?
Salazar: Not really. I was always confident.
I felt bad, but later I knew it
was because I was dehYdrated' But I
knew I was stronger (than BeardsleD,
and I knew I was much quicker' No
way was he going to beat me.
RT: Some PeoPle thought BeardsleY
might have won if he hadn't been cut
off by a motorcYcle coP.
Salazar: I was a little disappointed
with his comments afterward-all this
stuff about motorcycles cutting him
off, people shoving, and a bus hitting
f,itti.'rni bus didnt hit him, he fended
it off with his hands. To say he might
have won if it weren't for the motorcycle
is ridiculous.
RT: Just what haPPened in that last
mile?
Ulrro'Teom
Salazurz "No way was
Salazar: I was running behind him until
the last half mile, and kept trying to
oull even so I could see where I was
loing, but the crowd didn't leave much
ioom and he wouldn't let me. Then we
made a right hand turn and I Pulled
even as wJ went up that little hill just
before the sharP left turn into the
finish. I could see he was tightening up'
I slowed down a little to look for the
opening in the crowd where You make
that left-I hadn't realized you have to
almost double back there-and that's
where he came uP on mY right. Until
then I had nevei broken into a hard
drive. I was losing time looking
around. Then I saw the finish line 150
meters awaY and I sPrinted.
RT: So it wasn't really as close a race
as it looked?
Salazar: I won bY two seconds, but it
*ui " two seconds I knew would be
thiie. It could have been ten seconds if
i- ttua *unted to sprint the last half
mile.
RT: There was Plenty of talk about
Beardsley's troubles with the crowcl'
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the motorcYcle, and so on. Did You
have any difficulties of Your own?
Salazar: Yeah, but the difference is
that Beardsley is not a streetwise runner.
He tripped (Bill) Rodgers in New
York a couple of years ago and almost
tripped me in Boston, cutting across
foi iome water. Sometimes the motorcvcles
would get squeezed into our way
by the crowd ahead, and BeardsleY
would continue to run straight toward
them instead of moving around them.
RT: Still, that's a rough gauntlet to
run. Would You say the crowd was out
of control?
Salazar: Yes. The worst of it was the
fumes from the vehicles. In one place,
a spectator swung at BeardsleY and
misied him, and Punched me right in
the chest-it knocked the wind out of
me for 60 Yards. But You don't make
excuses!
RT: At least twice, You have finished
iaces with dangerouslY high or low
body temperatures-four years ago ln
Falmouth, when Your temperature
ieached l{i8 degrees after you collapsed
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he going to beat me."
at the finish, and in Boston this April
when it dropped to 88' Is this a special
vulnerability of Yours?
Salazar: I think it's because I Push
mvself harder. I have no trouble with
treat if I've trained for it. I ran a 28:03
lOk in Miami after training in the heat
for three weeks. Before Boston, I was
training where it was 45 degrees at the
hottest. That (the warm weather in
Boston) was a big change in mY bodY'
RT: If it had been cooler at Boston
and if you hadn't run a hard 10,000
meters against Henry Rono nine days
before, what would have haPPened?
Salazar: The time would have been
much faster-over a minute.
RT: That would have been 2:07:50 or
under! So you feel Boston is faster
than New York, desPite the hills?
Salazar: Yes-You get over the hills
pretty fast.
RT: Will you go back to Boston?
Salazar: Not under the Present conditions.
Not unless theY have oPen
1981 WORLD RECORD
Sunday, September 19' 1982 8:30 a.m.
Course: Fast, llat course through historic
PhiladelPhia and Fairmount
Park. Certif ied 13 1 miles. World
record set in 1981. Race ranked as
one of toP 25 races in countrY bY
Runner Magazine.
Course recolds:
Men: Rod Dixon 1.02.12 (1981)
Women: Jan Yerkes 1.13.33 (1981)
Masters: Herb Lorenz 1.07.54 (1979)
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prize money. This year it actually cosl
me money to go to Boston.
RT: Will You run New York this fall?
Salazar: Yes.
RT: Are there anY other marathoners
in the sub-2: I I class right now who
have your leg speed and could race you
even over the last 300 Yards?
Salazar: Well, obviously Craig Virgin'
Others may have better actual leg
speed, but not the same sPeed over
tbf-tney can't sustain it over a long
time.
RT: You have established yourself as
the best marathoner in the world, but
at lOk you've been beaten at least by
Henry Rono. How do you rate yourself
among the world's 10,000 meter runners,
ind how do You rate Your chances
for a lOk medal in the OlYmPics?
Salazar: Last year, I was ranked 6th in
the world. Now I'd rate myself among
the top three.
RT: Are you serious about a
marathon-10,000 double in the Olympics?
Salazar: If I think I'm caPable of a
third in the 10,000 and first in the
marathon, I'll probably just run the
marathon. If I think I can win them
both, I may run both.
RT: Now that You have won New
York and Boston and broken the world
record, what do You do next?
Salazar: I'm going to run three to five
road races-two marathons and a
couple of others-a Year until the
Olympics.
RT: Do you like to do much of Your
running off-road, on trails or grass?
Salazar: Yes, a large Proportion-I'd
say 60 percent of mY 120 miles a week,
I iun on the wood chiP trails around
Eugene.
RT: Do You think You'll still be running
when You're 40 or 50?
Salazar: I think I'll run to stay in condition
all my life. I don't think I'll run
masters competition. I've been running
hard for ten Years, and I maY run hard
for ten more, until my early thirties or
whenever I think I've reached my full
ootential. But I can't see running like
itrat att my life. It's a lot of stress'
When I'm older, I'll probably run four
or five miles a daY. There are other
things in life to enjoy. D
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DickBeardsley
He moy be the
only Americon with
a real shot at
Sqlazor's world
marathon record
By Matthew Doyle and Ann Schimpf
A frtelul incident occurred st the lsst turn into the Prudential Center, 3(Xl ysrds from the finish.
Rounding the corner, Bcerdsley-who hsd fgllen behind, then csught up agein in the lsst mile-was
Just r stJde beck and prcprring for the finel sprint Ehen e motorcycle cop eccidently cut in front
of nim rnd broke his stride. Unibl€ to rscoup, be crosscd the line t*'o seconds behind Sslczgr' It was
the frstest rnd closest finisb in Boston Mrnthon hbtor!.
Photo b;- Jama Denham
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(37 ln my mind, I won Boston," said
Dick Beardsley. "If you have a race
that close, I don't think anybody is the
loser. Sure, I was awarded second
place, but I think I ran just as good a
race as Salazar. In fact, I think I ran
maybe a better race. "
Alberto Salazar won the 86th Boston
Marathon in a record setting 2:08:51.
Two seconds behind, also under the
old record, was 26-year-old Dick Beardsley
of Rush City, Minnesota.
To support his claim that he "maybe
ran a better race," Beardsley cites
several external factors that affected
the outcome. After bumping into a bus
in the last mile, he lost the lead he had
held from the 2l mile mark. Heading
into the final minute or so of the race,
Beardsley found himself behind a
phalanx of motorcycle patrolmen
protecting Salazar.
"The exhaust was incredible," he
said. "As I needed to make a turn, a
motorcycle got in my way. That cost
me my concentration. When Salazar
put on a little kick, I wasn't able to
come up with a response. Maybe next
time."
Second place. It has been Beardsley's
regular fate since his sudden
appearance in the ranks of top
marathoners just over a year ago.
"I run a 2:08:53, and finish
second," Dick said. "That freaks me
out. Every race I'm going to, I want to
win. I hope I don't have people
thinking I'm always the bridesmaid."
His list of achievements in l98l is
impressive.
o In January, he finished second to
Bill Rodgers in the Houston Marathon
with a time of 2:12:49.
o Three weeks later he took third in
the Beppu Marathon in Japan, in
2:12:41.
o On March 20th he tied for first in
the London Marathon in 2: I l:48.
o He won Grandma's Marathon in
Duluth Minnesota with what was then
the second fastest time ever bY an
American-2:09:34.
o In July he placed second to Bill
Rodgers in the Stockholm Marathon.
The l98l Grandma's was the scene
of Beardsley's biggest victory. There he
ran out from under the shadow of
Garry Bjorklund, long the Midwest's
premier marathoner. He beat
Bjorklund by a full two minutes. Unfortunately,
Beardsley's stellar time at
Grandma's was discounted by some
who were not familiar with the course.
Rumors circulated that the course was
short or downhill.
"If anything, it was a little long,"
laughs Beardsley, only partly in jest.
"It's not downhill, that's for sure. I
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Beardsley msde a world class debut in the
Grandma's Marathon when he flsshed to a
2zw);34_al that time the third frstest time ever
by an American.
/Mark Rosen/
think there were skeptics out there, but
my 2:08 at Boston reallY helPs
legitimize Grandma's. "
The world record is Salazar's
2:08:13, run last October in New York.
But Beardsley believes Grandma's is
the course for anyone who wants to set
records. His string of high quality
marathons indicates he may have the
potential to break Salazar's record
himself.
Beardsley has always done most of
his training alone. He believes it aids
his mental toughness. In 1981, he
placed himself under the tutelage of
Bill Squires, former trainer for Alberto
Salazar and Bill Rodgers. To prepare
for Boston, he moved temPorarilY to
Atlanta. After six or seven 140 mile
weeks to rebuild his base, he got involved
in an Olympic testing program
under the direction of Dr' Dave Martin.
He learned that about 120-125
miles per week was his oPtimum
training mileage. With his friend Dean
Matthews, he did weeklY track
workouts including long intervals of
660 yards to a mile. He believes his
training in Atlanta, which naturally included
hills and hot weather, prepared
him well for Boston.
Back in Rush City recovering from
his Boston race, the wirY 5' ll' , 128
pound Beardsley talked of his am-
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bitious long range goals.
"Next year the world championships
are in Helsinki Finland," Dick said. "I
hope to be on the U.S. team. After
that, the Olympics. My main goal is to
try and make the 1984 Olympic team."
The friendly and articulate Minnesota
native works in public relations
for a plastics moulding comPanY in
Rush City. The comPanY is owned bY a
sympathetic friend who gives Dick free
reign to pursue his second occupation,
running. He is also able to capitalize on
The Athletics Congress's new policy
toward prize moneY. Prodded bY the
Association of Road Racing Athletes,
TAC now allows athletes like Dick
Beardsley to send prize money into a
trust fund for future training. His performance
in Houston netted him $6500
for his trust fund.
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Although running has become a waY
of life for Beardsley, he retains a wellrounded
perspective on the sPort.
"Running is something I really enjoy
right now. But my wife, MarY,
definitely comes first," he said. "If
running were ever to start messing up
my marriage, without question I would
end my competitive career tomorrow' "
Speaking in his characteristically
open and energetic style, Dick paused
only briefly when asked what he would
like to say to others.
"When I started out, I wasn't a
world class runner," he said. "I didn't
run until I was a senior in high school.
I started out as pretty much of a jogger
like most people. I kept at it and got
determined and stubborn enough to
keep doing it until it has definitely paid
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