sylvester teimert a 2:06.49 marathoner is on the elite start list for both the rome marathon on march 20th 2011 and the boston marathon on april 18th 2011.
1. is he getting appearance fees for both?
2. are the boston marathon organizers okay with an elite runner doing a marathon 4 weeks before boston?
if yes the policy has changed as catherine ndereba was not given an invitation to boston a few years ago, because according to ndereba she ran a marathon in japan 89 days before boston and they told her she would not be invited if she ran a marathon less than 90 days before boston.
note michael wardian usually runs boston having run a marathon 1, 2, or 3 weeks before, but i guess it is okay for him as he almost certainly does not get aooearance money.
3. now that meb is on many letsrun followers minds, with his situation in boston, if teimert runs rome, could boston organizers withdraw their invitation to teimert and give the appearance fee money to meb that would have gone to teimert.?