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' Why do you run now when you can’t be first?'
Posted by simon on 12/9/2006 on simon's blog

That's the question put to Dick Beardsley, 4th fastest US marathoner of all time, who is still racing 25 years after his epic "Duel in the Sun" Boston marathon.

It's the first question in an interview with Dick for the nuBound supplement company. His reply:

"That’s a great question. I retired in 1988 from high level competition, but I’ve
always continued to love running. There’s a great new generation of top level competitors out there doing amazing things. Many top athletes as they age take the view that they “don’t want to lose” and back out of continued competition. For myself, I continue to love the challenge of training and improving — I’m working on a whole new set of 50+ personal bests. I certainly don’t do it to relive old glories. It’s not that I have something to prove. I do it because it’s just a hoot!"

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