Posted by gary on February 15, 2007, 12:11 pm

Larry sent this, Great stuff! g here is a link(below) to greg meyer's training log for 82-83 leading up to his boston marathon win in 83 (last american man to do so) what is of local interest is the week at the end of october when he ran 104 miles and and on the last day of that week ran a New England Record road 10k 28:23.6 and beat Bruce Bickford at Benjamin's 10k in Bangor by barely 2 sec... on a late kick coming by the postoffice on harlow st..

Link: Greg Meyer/ Benjamins 10k

Posted by Mary on February 15, 2007, 12:26 pm, in reply to "28:23.6 10K in Bangor by Greg Meyer circa 1982"

Also from Larry... Thanks!

Posted by gary on February 16, 2007, 10:05 am, in reply to "28:23.6 10K in Bangor by Greg Meyer circa 1982"

As Greg Meyer is still the last American to win at Boston, I sure wish Ryan Hall would have given the Boston Marathon a shot in his debut at the distance. I think taking the big $$ at London over winning the most prestigious race on the planet would have been money in the bank in the long run...and YES I think he would have won in record time. --Previous Message-- : Larry sent this, Great stuff! : : g : : : here is a link(below) to greg meyer's : training log for 82-83 leading up to his : boston marathon win in 83 (last american man : to do so) what is of local interest is the : week at the end of october when he ran 104 : miles and and on the last day of that week : ran a New England Record road 10k 28:23.6 : and beat Bruce Bickford at Benjamin's 10k in : Bangor by barely 2 sec... on a late kick : coming by the postoffice on harlow st.. : :

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Posted by Stevie V on February 16, 2007, 11:27 am, in reply to "Re: 28:23.6 10K in Bangor by Greg Meyer circa 1982"

I suspect that one reason for Hall running London is that the course will be far easier on his body with a hard effort. He plans to run a track season, and Boston _could_ beat him up pretty badly. One factor that's generally positive - seldom in the past decade have any US male marathoners gone to compete in any of the major marathons oveseas. London, Berlin, Rotterdam, Fukuoka, ... This reverses that trend; maybe he wants to get out of a comfort zone of running "at home" Stevie V --Previous Message-- : As Greg Meyer is still the last American to : win at Boston, I sure wish Ryan Hall would : have given the Boston Marathon a shot in his : debut at the distance. I think taking the : big $$ at London over winning the most : prestigious race on the planet would have : been money in the bank in the long run...and : YES I think he would have won in record : time. : : --Previous Message-- : Larry sent this, Great stuff! : : g : : : here is a link(below) to greg meyer's : training log for 82-83 leading up to his : boston marathon win in 83 (last american man : to do so) what is of local interest is the : week at the end of october when he ran 104 : miles and and on the last day of that week : ran a New England Record road 10k 28:23.6 : and beat Bruce Bickford at Benjamin's 10k in : Bangor by barely 2 sec... on a late kick : coming by the postoffice on harlow st.. : : : :

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