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17 years ago 04/01/2009 8:26pm EDT

World record holder and three-time Olympic Gold medalist Usain Bolt will run in this month's Boston Marathon, RW Daily has learned.

The Jamaican superstar sprinter has been hired to run as a "rabbit," pacing the leaders through mile 15, in Wellesley, before stepping off the course.

If Bolt "pulls a Pilkington" and keeps going, however, he could easily run away with the race. He will be, by far, the fastest runner toeing the line in Hopkinton; assuming he maintains his world record 100 meter pace for the duration of the marathon, he'll reach the finish line in 1:08:36. That would demolish the current world record of 2:03:59, set by Haile Gebrselassie at the September 2008 Berlin Marathon, and bring us tantalizingly close to the sub-1-hour marathon.

Follow more of the story at:

http://rwdaily.runnersworld.com/

17 years ago 04/01/2009 9:44pm EDT

re: Reddy

17 years ago 04/01/2009 9:48pm EDT

re: Reddy

wow! that's awesome! I just read on Usatf that Bekele is going to be focusing more on the 400 over the next 3 years. They have him quoted as finishing a workout in 44 this year. I wonder if they'll start training together?

17 years ago 04/01/2009 10:23pm EDT

re: Reddy

Only the people who read Runner's World would be ignorant enough about the sport to find that even remotely believable.

17 years ago 04/01/2009 10:26pm EDT

re: runningfortheprize

runningfortheprize wrote:
wow! that's awesome! I just read on Usatf that Bekele is going to be focusing more on the 400 over the next 3 years. They have him quoted as finishing a workout in 44 this year. I wonder if they'll start training together?

Why the f*** would USATF have an article on Bekele? Think things through before you write.

17 years ago 04/01/2009 10:27pm EDT

re: haha, YO

wow, the running community is full of geeks who find this garbage funny.

17 years ago 04/01/2009 10:34pm EDT

re: Reddy

17 years ago 04/01/2009 10:44pm EDT

re: GXC

GXC wrote:
wow, the running community is full of geeks who find this garbage funny.

Let me guess, a certain "someone" is also too cool for school?

17 years ago 04/01/2009 10:59pm EDT

re: ming ding xiong

ming ding xiong wrote:
Only the people who read Runner's World would be ignorant enough about the sport to find that even remotely believable.

Only the people who spend their lives on Letsrun would be autistic enough not to figure out that this is an April Fool's day joke.

17 years ago 04/02/2009 10:15am EDT

re: stupid letsrunners

AM I TOO lATE GUYS1? USIAN BOLT RUNNING MARTHATON!?

17 years ago 04/02/2009 12:46pm EDT

re: Reddy

Makes perfect sense to me. Typically most sprinters get in about 25-30 miles total during their winter base season and always being an impatient type Usain decided to get all of that in at one time. Hence his participation in the Boston Marathon. He has a lunch date with his buddy Kevin Garnet so he'll probably keep the pace stiff so he finishes in time.

17 years ago 04/02/2009 12:54pm EDT

re: stupid letsrunners

stupid letsrunners wrote:Only the people who spend their lives on Letsrun would be autistic enough not to figure out that this is an April Fool's day joke.

It's obviously an April Fool's joke, just not one that's remotely credible. One of my coworkers pretended she was pregnant on April Fool's Day. That's credible. One of my friends offered me a free flight to Hong Kong. That's ridiculous.

17 years ago 04/02/2009 1:21pm EDT

re: ming ding xiong

ming ding xiong wrote:
stupid letsrunners wrote:Only the people who spend their lives on Letsrun would be autistic enough not to figure out that this is an April Fool's day joke.
It's obviously an April Fool's joke, just not one that's remotely credible. One of my coworkers pretended she was pregnant on April Fool's Day. That's credible. One of my friends offered me a free flight to Hong Kong. That's ridiculous.

So.....

17 years ago 04/02/2009 1:43pm EDT

re: Uh oh...

Uh oh... wrote:
GXC wrote:
wow, the running community is full of geeks who find this garbage funny.
Let me guess, a certain "someone" is also too cool for school?

nope i go to school

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