party with the people wrote:
Interesting analysis. Do you think he gives a heck now on what 'coulda woulda shoulda'? No way! He gets paid now to travel around the country, party with the people, and have a great time, just like he did 30-40 years ago. What a life! Time is insignificant compared to the lifetime experience.
What kind of job does he have?
Mr. or Mrs. Link is inaccurate in discounting Bill's times at NYC. It is true that Salazar's 2:08:13 was disallowed because the course was short. HOWEVER, the 1981 NYC course, on which Salazar ran 2:08:13 was started in a different place on the Queensborough Bridge than Bill's final win in 1979. NYC had to be re-certified every year in those days because of construction along the course in various city neighborhoods. In each of Bill's victories, the course was certified prior to the holding of the race. In the case of the '81 race, when Salazar ran 2:08, the certification process was held after the race, and that is when it was revealed that several measurement problems were introduced that had not been the case previously, namely that the starting line had been moved up about 30 meters, and (more significantly) that the measuring team had forgotten to measure along the tangents. So, the 1981 course was problematic, but there is no reason to deny Rodgers his excellent four superb runs. Salazar also deserves credit as well, of course, if not an official world record. And as for Boston in 1975 not being a an honest run for Bill ... well measure it against the preceding 7osome runs at Boston ... and he measures up pretty well (or the following wins for that matter.). Ok ... nuff said.
troof be told wrote:
Wondering Once More wrote:The question is how many marathons Rodgers did run per year (at a 5:00 pace and then dropping the competition between miles 15 and 18) as had been claimed.
Fair enough, although your question as phrased above is not the same as what you asked before.
Really? Here is my original post to which you responded:
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break it up wrote:
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Rodgers's and Shorter's day was going out in 5:00 pace for the start and breaking people after 15-18 miles and winning in 2:11. Rodger's at his peak ran 8-10 such races in a given year!
Wondering Once More wrote:
8-10 marathons in a given year? I call BS.
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Sorry but it IS the same question.
I wasn't discounting. I was just reporting what would be said on certain message boards about BRs times if he ran them today.
BR is at the top of my list of running heroes.
Bump
In 1986 Rodgers was 4th at Boston in 2:13 and in Chicago he placed 15th in 2:15.
I remember running the East Lyme Marathon in Connecticut when I was a kid (yes, a dumb kid) and Bill Rodgers ran that one in the 2:20's but I remember people saying that he was running it as a warm up for New York.
He might have run more Marathons than we think and some of the smaller ones as workouts.
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