Anyone heard of this yet? A made for television event to air on Fox in the Fall. A marathon with only 2 participants, Rogers and Shorter with $1.5 million going to the winners favorite charity! Supposedly they are going to follow the actual Boston course.
I'd love to see it happen, but I just don't think that will go down. If it did, Rodgers would destroy Shorter. I'd predict 2:40 to 3:00 or something like that.
Where did you see/read this at??
Hell, put Galloway in the mix and we'll see just how well those walk breaks work.
i was in miami in Feb for the marathon and saw Frank come out of the elevator on crutches ... anyone know the nature of this (besides that he had a hurt foot, smartass!!) ?? was it something minor, major, what ?? would / could he be back training again ??
I heard from an inside source that he hurt his leg.
I've only seen this talked about on this message board. That's why I'm doubting that it will ever happen. Very cool idea though. To make it even cooler, they could start Bill and Frank 30 minutes ahead of the field at this year's Boston, and see if they can beat the elites.
This is kind of preposterous, ponying up that kind of money for these two guys in 2003. It's hardly compelling, when you think about it. It sounds like total fiction.
these guys made this sport
Shorter hurt his foot does this mean all bets are off.
Try using some punctuation, dumbass.
I thought Hedgehog was the english teacher?
Has to be toatl fiction. Noone but a handful of runners gave a shit while they were in their prime. Who'd pay to watch now?
I agree this is fabrication. Who would pay for this. I saw Frank at Chicago's Sahmrock Shuffle and he was not on crutches but he has a bad back & I don't think he's running. Bill is running good but who cares enough to put that much money up.
Bullshit.
Sorry guys, i put up the wrong amount of money. It is a total prize purse of $150,000 (i read one too many zeroes). Actually the winner will get 100,000 and second will still get 50,000 for their charity.
It is also on Fox Sports Network and not Fox......supposed to be mid October if Frank gets well soon.
Wow, that would be mesmerizing TV--watching Bill Rodgers run by himself for 25 miles.
I'd think there would be better ratings if Shorter and Rodgers were bowling, or cooking fajitas.
Wouldn't FOX see who could hold their breath underwater the longest, then eat the most horse eyeballs, then slam the most beers?
Maybe we could get John Kelly Sr. to leg wrestle John Kelly Jr. in lingerie for charity.
As soon as your crack buzz wears off, FASTERTHANYOU, maybe that could be your next thread.
Bottom line....where did you see any of this info? Website? Newspaper? Magazine? It's a waste of athread if you can't name a source.
Wasn't FASTERTHANU the one who originally posted on another thread about everyone having an inside source about some shocking story? Maybe this is his attempt at a shocking story that he somehow has an inside source on.