Race recap + women's race coverage (.pdf) - Runner's World
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After his dramatic victorY in. the<br />
Boiton Marathon, Alberto Salazar<br />
Tii"iora his duel with Dick Beordslev<br />
his plans to begin setting sights<br />
-ina<br />
on the DAZ Otympics-in on interview<br />
iiin ,aitors'Ed AYres and Phil<br />
Stewart.<br />
RT: Before Boston, You said You had<br />
"no doubts" that You'd win. When<br />
vou sot to 25 miles and Dick Beardsley<br />
was itill in front of you, did you then<br />
have any doubts?<br />
Salazar: Not really. I was always confident.<br />
I felt bad, but later I knew it<br />
was because I was dehYdrated' But I<br />
knew I was stronger (than BeardsleD,<br />
and I knew I was much quicker' No<br />
way was he going to beat me.<br />
RT: Some PeoPle thought BeardsleY<br />
might have won if he hadn't been cut<br />
off by a motorcYcle coP.<br />
Salazar: I was a little disappointed<br />
with his comments afterward-all this<br />
stuff about motorcycles cutting him<br />
off, people shoving, and a bus hitting<br />
f,itti.'rni bus didnt hit him, he fended<br />
it off with his hands. To say he might<br />
have won if it weren't for the motorcycle<br />
is ridiculous.<br />
RT: Just what haPPened in that last<br />
mile?<br />
Ulrro'Teom<br />
Salazurz "No way was<br />
Salazar: I was running behind him until<br />
the last half mile, and kept trying to<br />
oull even so I could see where I was<br />
loing, but the crowd didn't leave much<br />
ioom and he wouldn't let me. Then we<br />
made a right hand turn and I Pulled<br />
even as wJ went up that little hill just<br />
before the sharP left turn into the<br />
finish. I could see he was tightening up'<br />
I slowed down a little to look for the<br />
opening in the crowd where You make<br />
that left-I hadn't realized you have to<br />
almost double back there-and that's<br />
where he came uP on mY right. Until<br />
then I had nevei broken into a hard<br />
drive. I was losing time looking<br />
around. Then I saw the finish line 150<br />
meters awaY and I sPrinted.<br />
RT: So it wasn't really as close a <strong>race</strong><br />
as it looked?<br />
Salazar: I won bY two seconds, but it<br />
*ui " two seconds I knew would be<br />
thiie. It could have been ten seconds if<br />
i- ttua *unted to sprint the last half<br />
mile.<br />
RT: There was Plenty of talk about<br />
Beardsley's troubles with the crowcl'<br />
IilTE BEER ANB THE<br />
the motorcYcle, and so on. Did You<br />
have any difficulties of Your own?<br />
Salazar: Yeah, but the difference is<br />
that Beardsley is not a streetwise runner.<br />
He tripped (Bill) Rodgers in New<br />
York a couple of years ago and almost<br />
tripped me in Boston, cutting across<br />
foi iome water. Sometimes the motorcvcles<br />
would get squeezed into our way<br />
by the crowd ahead, and BeardsleY<br />
would continue to run straight toward<br />
them instead of moving around them.<br />
RT: Still, that's a rough gauntlet to<br />
run. Would You say the crowd was out<br />
of control?<br />
Salazar: Yes. The worst of it was the<br />
fumes from the vehicles. In one place,<br />
a spectator swung at BeardsleY and<br />
misied him, and Punched me right in<br />
the chest-it knocked the wind out of<br />
me for 60 Yards. But You don't make<br />
excuses!<br />
RT: At least twice, You have finished<br />
iaces with dangerouslY high or low<br />
body temperatures-four years ago ln<br />
Falmouth, when Your temperature<br />
ieached l{i8 degrees after you collapsed<br />
GHilIERENOS HOSPITAL<br />
PRESENT THE zNB ANNUAT<br />
TWITITE FIVE ROADRAGE<br />
JULY 3io a9E2<br />
DATE - JULV 3i<br />
TIME - EVE[I[[!G<br />
PREREGISTRATICIN BV<br />
FCIR [NFCI GONTAGT:<br />
TWIIITE 5<br />
o/o SUPREME BEVERAGE<br />
JULV n5 oNw<br />
P" 0" BCIX 2725<br />
BIMMNMOHAMO ATABAMA<br />
35zCI2<br />
Running Times, JulY 1982