I've never witnessed the Boston Marathon of 1975, but novelist Bill Rodgers and Matthew Shepatin made me feel as if I was running the race the whole time, in April of 1975, when an unknown runner named Bill Rodgers decided to prove his worth to the not the country, but the world by breaking the world record in the marathon with a blazing 2:09:55. The story of how the whole world reacted to Bill’s outstanding performance is told by the Bill himself, and his mentor and teammate Amby Burfoot who explains to the audience why exactly that one race was so special considering Bill would win the Boston Marathon another 3 years in 1978, 1979, and 1980, and NYC marathon multiple times from 1976 to 1980.
Charlie, Bill’s brother is the main reason I …show more content…
Here's how Bill describes Alberto Salazar, when he was in high school and won the state cross-country championship in 1975: "He has lots of talent is good, but maybe if he would put in more mileage and even more time after college he would be right there with us”(Rodgers 142). It shock’s me as to how much mileage and time these runner’s put in for one race which encourages me to keep doing the …show more content…
Taking care of the Bill Rodgers Running Center alone was a lot of work for Charlie as he never gotten any help once Bill started racing so often. Bill became a well-recognized runner, racing 30 road race marathons and winning 27 of them. Soon after Bill started to notice how much more work it took to manage the store and helped out Charlie more often. This, however, meant he would have to miss out on a few races to help out Charlie. In the end, Bill thought this was one small sacrifice Bill could make as Charlie already made a huge sacrifice to Bill. Not to mention that Bill could not afford his running gear without Charlie paying for it as had just gotten into the top of the running world and did not make much money, so he was living off of Charlie’s income to survive until he could start making more money later
Charlie, Bill’s brother is the main reason I …show more content…
Here's how Bill describes Alberto Salazar, when he was in high school and won the state cross-country championship in 1975: "He has lots of talent is good, but maybe if he would put in more mileage and even more time after college he would be right there with us”(Rodgers 142). It shock’s me as to how much mileage and time these runner’s put in for one race which encourages me to keep doing the …show more content…
Taking care of the Bill Rodgers Running Center alone was a lot of work for Charlie as he never gotten any help once Bill started racing so often. Bill became a well-recognized runner, racing 30 road race marathons and winning 27 of them. Soon after Bill started to notice how much more work it took to manage the store and helped out Charlie more often. This, however, meant he would have to miss out on a few races to help out Charlie. In the end, Bill thought this was one small sacrifice Bill could make as Charlie already made a huge sacrifice to Bill. Not to mention that Bill could not afford his running gear without Charlie paying for it as had just gotten into the top of the running world and did not make much money, so he was living off of Charlie’s income to survive until he could start making more money later