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a couple of years ago 4 time boston womens winner catherine ndereba wanted to run and try for a fifth title, but organizers told her she could not run if she had run a marathon if she had run a marathon withen thelast 90 days and since ndereba had run and won a marathon in japan 89 days earlier they would not let her run. but they let michael wardian (a man known for running frequent marathons in the 2:20's) run even though he had run 2 marathons in march and 1 in february, so werdian had run at least 3 marathons within the 90 days before he ran boston, (note i am in no way saying werdian should not be allowed to run, i think he should be, i am mostly just pointing out the unfair double standard).
now this year ndereba wanted to run boston and was rejected, even with all her credentials 4 time boston champ and just last year the olympic silver medalist, true she ran poor in the nyc marathon and she has run road races like 1:11 half marathons that indicate she may not be at her best, although her history is she does not always do good in tune up races, but regardless just as a past winner she should always be allowed in the race, i dont care if she wants to pull a john kelly and run in it over 60 years after she first won it and is really really non competitive, she is just a big part of the history of the race.
ndereba will run the london marathon instead of boston this year which most people say is now bigger than boston, i just say it should be her choice, how can the boston officials deny her with her credentials AND the fact she is still capable of competing, and at the same time boston has allowed people with fame not from running run, like mike huckabee who would literally be about 2 hours and miles behind ndereba.
THIS IS VERY, VERY WRONG
now this year ndereba wanted to run boston and was rejected, even with all her credentials 4 time boston champ and just last year the olympic silver medalist, true she ran poor in the nyc marathon and she has run road races like 1:11 half marathons that indicate she may not be at her best, although her history is she does not always do good in tune up races, but regardless just as a past winner she should always be allowed in the race, i dont care if she wants to pull a john kelly and run in it over 60 years after she first won it and is really really non competitive, she is just a big part of the history of the race.
ndereba will run the london marathon instead of boston this year which most people say is now bigger than boston, i just say it should be her choice, how can the boston officials deny her with her credentials AND the fact she is still capable of competing, and at the same time boston has allowed people with fame not from running run, like mike huckabee who would literally be about 2 hours and miles behind ndereba.
THIS IS VERY, VERY WRONG
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