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Sheila
John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 10:37AM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!!

From the article..

Another thing I heard today is Kerry told a ESPN and Runners World that
he ran the Boston Marathon but can't remember what year or what his time was. Impossible, just ask ANYONE who's ever run a marathon.


John Kerry said, "I remember my first Boston Marathon ... it's a great run." In a later article, ESPN tried to nail down the exact date and reported that "there's no official record of his feat, and his campaign did not provide further details despite repeated inquiries." The November issue of Runner's World reports that "he doesn't recall his time, and no official record exists".

Here are three articles on this BS....


http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=questions/johnkerry

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1235989/posts

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/000637.htm
Rosie
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 12:34PM - in reply to Sheila Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Rosie won Boston didn't she?
sam w
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 12:47PM - in reply to Sheila Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
it defies all belief that anyone could have run the boston marathon - or any marathon, but especially boston - and not recall the year or the time he ran it in.

if your co-worker told you he ran boston, but does not know what his time was, or the year, you would call him out as the liar he is. the same should be done here, unless you are ok with being lied to.
Coaches critic
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 12:54PM - in reply to sam w Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
isn't the start of the boston marathon 26 miles away from the finish? that means kerry would have to drive out there wouldn't he? or did kerry run to the start? hmmmm...26 miles, no training, no memory.....hmmmmm. did he get a ride with chandra bozelko? what's on scott douglass' website about the kerry phony marathon? i didn't read anything about it?
sam w
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 1:02PM - in reply to Coaches critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
interestingly, kerry tells some people he did it in the 70s and now espn he did it in the 80s.

as an aside, fwiw, george bush ran the houston marathon in 1993. time: 3:44.
http://www.runnersworld.com/footnotes/gwbush/racingrecord.html

what is interesting is that so many people are so willing to overlook an obvious lie as he panders to get votes from runners, as if running a marathon is a reason to vote for someone.
Holland Nass
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 1:06PM - in reply to sam w Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Yeah! Kerry sucks! What a liar!
(Just checking if this post will stay, the anti-GWB posts keep getting pulled....)
Coaches critic
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 1:12PM - in reply to Holland Nass Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Hey asshole. It's called Letsrun, not LetsWhinepolitics.

Did Kerry run or not run the Boston Marathon? As the facts reveal, it looks like he another Chandra Bozelko...
Holland Nass
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 1:30PM - in reply to Coaches critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Coaches critic wrote:

Hey asshole. It's called Letsrun, not LetsWhinepolitics.

Did Kerry run or not run the Boston Marathon? As the facts reveal, it looks like he another Chandra Bozelko...


The question of whether or not Kerry ran the Boston Marathon is politically motivated. We're not talking about Webb or Ritz; we're talking about a presidential candidate. Since Kerry is clearly not a "runner" per se, and you are concerning yourself whether he ran or not, you are also guilty of whining about politics.... asshole.
sam w
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 1:44PM - in reply to Holland Nass Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Holland Nass wrote:

The question of whether or not Kerry ran the Boston Marathon is politically motivated. We're not talking about Webb or Ritz; we're talking about a presidential candidate.


kerry is a famous person in the news. he makes a stmt about running a marathon that is not very believeable so it gets discussed.

at www.badgerlandstriders.org in the message board there is a long thread on a guy that claimed to have run the lakefront marathon on oct 3, but got a ride to the finish. he is not webb... but he got discussed to no end.

i think most runners who have run a marathon get a little peeved when someone says they did it, but did not do it. it sort of cheapens the accomplishment of the person who did make the effort, train and then run the race did.

whether it is a pres candidate that lies about it or your co-worker, it upsets people.

holland, do you believe him?
runningart2004
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 1:48PM - in reply to Sheila Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Kerry isn't a runner. He ran Boston back in the 70s or 80s probably on a lark, like a lot of midpack shufflers do. It's very believable that he wouldn't remember the exact year or his time if he doesn't take running as seriously as the average joe.
Qualified
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 1:54PM - in reply to runningart2004 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Wrong art. There were qualifying marks to be met. there was no such thing as charity running and "running on a lark"

Nice try.
well, maybe not....
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 1:56PM - in reply to Qualified Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
banditing has been going on at Boston for quite some time.

Qualified wrote:

Wrong art. There were qualifying marks to be met. there was no such thing as charity running and "running on a lark"

Nice try.
sam w
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 1:57PM - in reply to Qualified Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Qualified wrote:

Wrong art. There were qualifying marks to be met. there was no such thing as charity running and "running on a lark"

Nice try.


i dont know when boston started having qualifying marks. anyone know?

if they existed in the early 80s that means kerry had to run another marathon even before it, but he made no mention of that.
ware2
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 2:00PM - in reply to Qualified Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I ran at the Olympic's and made the finals, but I forget the year and my time! But it was great!!! Sorry most be old folks disease.
Qualified
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 2:02PM - in reply to sam w Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
sam in the 70s it was 3:00.
Holland Nass
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 2:08PM - in reply to sam w Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
sam w wrote:
holland, do you believe him?


Famous or not, there is no denying that this question is politically motivated. Some retard calls me an a-hole because it's letsrun not letswhine, yet this same idiot concerns himself whether Kerry ran a marathon or not. If it were joe-shmoe, then the only people to be concerned would be the people that were affected by someone cheating in a race. Any you are comparing apples and oranges. Kerry claims to have run a marathon, the guy you mention got a ride tot he finish, thus he cheated.

There is no proof that Kerry started, Kerry finished, Kerry DNF'd, or Kerry cheated. For all we know, Kerry is confusing the almighty Boston Marathon with some podunk 5K that he ran in Boston. I agree that highly unlikely considering his education, but I suppose it's possible. Would it not be funny if he came back wtih that excuse?

Do I believe that Kerry ran a marathon. Heck no! I remember the time I ran in my two marathons. I get a little vague about which years I ran, but you never forget a time, even if it's a crappy time. I bet most marathoners saved their numbers from their first marathon.

For non-runners, there are the milestones... sub-3, sub-4, sub-5, etc. Nimrod Kerry shouldn't have thought it possible to make a claim like that and not be expected to back it up. Most runners knew that Carter, Clinton and Bush were joggers (so as not to insult htose of us who RUN), and to make a claim of Boston was a stupid thing to do.
Cooter, M.D.
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 5:40PM - in reply to Sheila Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I wonder if he remembers his qualifying race. Maybe there's some record of that.

Amazing that this anti-left thread has survived this long. Surely the apocolypse is upon us.
Rozie Ruiz
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/15/2004 5:43PM - in reply to Cooter, M.D. Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Cooter, M.D. wrote:

I wonder if he remembers his qualifying race. Maybe there's some record of that.

Amazing that this anti-left thread has survived this long. Surely the apocolypse is upon us.


It's not anti-left, it's an anti-marathon cheat thread!
Bluebird
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/17/2004 9:30PM - in reply to Rozie Ruiz Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Ya know what, some dooshbags like Kerry think that running a local turkey trot 5K at Boston is the same as running the Boston Marathon. Any road race that is longer than a mile is considered a "marathon" to these folks....
EITS
RE: John Kerry ran Boston??....BS!! 10/17/2004 9:52PM - in reply to Qualified Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
There are no qualifying marks for bandits.
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