here's what Amby B posted over on RWOL
2007 Boston Marathon Seminars
Friday, April 13, 2007
2:00–5:00 Runner’s World Shoe Lab
2:00–3:00 The Race that Changed the World: Kathrine Switzer and Boston Marathon age-group champion Roger Robinson
3:00–4:00 I'm going to run one day: Runner’s World Hero Of Running Dottie Lessard-O'Conner; In October 1994, at the age of 27, she received a double lung transplant, and in May 1995, she ran for the first time.
4:00–5:00 Boston Legends: Amby Burfoot, 1968 winner; Dave McGillivray, race director and 34-time finisher; Jack Fultz, 1976 winner; Billy Rodgers, four-time winner; Greg Meyer, 1983 winner; Dick Beardsley, “Dual in the Sun,” 1982; and moderator Bart Yasso
Saturday, April 14, 2007
9:30–12:00 / 2:00–5:00 Runner’s World Shoe Lab
10:00–11:00 The Hoyts: Team Hoyt “Everybody should be included in everyday life”. Dick and Ricky Hoyt, who finished 25 Boston Marathons together
11:00–12:00 Team Hanson: Melissa White, Dot McMahan, Yolanda Flamino (all three have qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials), Kelly Stewart, and Desiree Davila; and moderator Bart Yasso
12:00–1:00 26.2 Tips You Need to Know About the Boston Marathon: Dave McGillivray, race director and 34-time finisher; Josh Nemzer, course coordinator; and Bart Yasso
1:00–2:00 John J. Kelley (1957 winner) 50th anniversary; Amby Burfoot, 1968 winner; and moderator Tom Derderian, Boston Marathon historian
2:00–3:00 The Race that Changed the World: Kathrine Switzer and Boston age-group champion Roger Robinson
3:00–4:00 Power Bar presents How to Run Your Best Boston Marathon: Josh Cox; Dan Browne; and Runner’s World Editors Ben Cheever, Jane Hahn, Michelle Hamilton, Adam Bean, and Bart Yasso
4:00–5:00 Boston champions: Amby Burfoot, 1968 winner; Jack Fultz, 1976 winner; Billy Rodgers, four-time winner; Greg Meyer, 1983 winner; Joan Benoit, two-time winner; and moderator Bart Yasso
5:00–6:00 Dual in the Sun: 1982; Dick Beardsley
Sunday, April 15, 2007
9:30–12:00 / 2:00–5:00 Runner’s World Shoe Lab
10:00–11:00 The Race that Changed the World: Kathrine Switzer and Boston age-group champion Roger Robinson
11:00–12:00 26.2 Tips You Need to Know About the Boston Marathon: Dave McGillivray, race director and 34-time finisher; Josh Nemzer, course coordinator; and Bart Yasso
12:00–1:00 Adidas elite athletes: Grete Waitz; Todd Williams; Amby Burfoot; and moderator Bart Yasso
1:00–2:00 How to Run Your Best Boston Marathon: Runner’s World Editors Ben Cheever, Jane Hahn, Michelle Hamilton, Adam Bean, Warren Greene, and Bart Yasso
2:00–3:00 Adidas women's only elite athletes: Grete Waitz; Amy Rudolph; Carrie Tollefson; Sara Slattery; and moderator Jane Hahn
3:00–4:00 David Willey, Runner’s World Editor-in-Chief; Boston Real Runners Amy Palmiero-Winters, Peter Segal, Mel Sirois, Doug Brown, Diane Wilson, Larry Herman and Dina Pandya