The legendary runner details his historic Boston Marathon victory, in 1975, that started the modern running boom. This victory made Bill Rodgers a a living legend, changing him from Bill Rodgers to Boston Billy. He immediately became an idole for many runner of the 1970s. Having won four times each for the Boston Marathon and New York Marathon, he is the first marathon competitor to star twice on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Winning the…
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The legendary runner details his historic Boston Marathon victory, in 1975, that started the modern running boom.
This victory made Bill Rodgers a a living legend, changing him from Bill Rodgers to Boston Billy. He immediately became an idole for many runner of the 1970s. Having won four times each for the Boston Marathon and New York Marathon, he is the first marathon competitor to star twice on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Winning the Holy Grail of Marathons in an unprecedented fast time changed Bill’s life forever But his stunning victory in Boston has changed the lives of many others, instilling in many American athletes the hope they might lead in his footsteps, and encouraging thousands of ordinary people to lace up their sneakers and chase their own goals. Twenty thousand men had run a marathon in the United States in the year preceding Rodgers’ win at the 1975 Boston Marathon. Thirty-seven years later, Bill Rodgers still has the same dry, endearing and whimsical attitude that made him one of the most beloved athletes in America. He describes this iconic race in Marathon Man for the first time and the circumstances that took him there.
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The legendary runner details his historic Boston Marathon victory, in 1975, that started the modern running boom.
This victory made Bill Rodgers a a living legend, changing him from Bill Rodgers to Boston Billy. He immediately became an idole for many runner of the 1970s. Having won four times each for the Boston Marathon and New York Marathon, he is the first marathon competitor to star twice on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Winning the Holy Grail of Marathons in an unprecedented fast time changed Bill’s life forever But his stunning victory in Boston has changed the lives of many others, instilling in many American athletes the hope they might lead in his footsteps, and encouraging thousands of ordinary people to lace up their sneakers and chase their own goals. Twenty thousand men had run a marathon in the United States in the year preceding Rodgers’ win at the 1975 Boston Marathon. Thirty-seven years later, Bill Rodgers still has the same dry, endearing and whimsical attitude that made him one of the most beloved athletes in America. He describes this iconic race in Marathon Man for the first time and the circumstances that took him there.
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