These are fighting words. I want to see Boston Billy stage a comeback and drop a 2:45 on this dude. They're both 71, right?
"If you want to run fast as an older person, for heaven’s sake, do not win the Boston Marathon. Amby Burfoot [who won once, in 1968] hasn’t run sub-3 in quite a few years. Same with Bill Rodgers [who won Boston four times]."
https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/gene-dykes-breaks-his-own-boston-course-record/