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"One thing we did find rather amusing, here were all the souvenir sellers going bark and forth among the runners trying to sell t shirts. hats. buttons and so on - but with only a singlet, shorts and shoes, how many people at that point would even have a wallet or money on them to buy these things?" _ This hardy bunch from Waterloo Fanny Y all finished the Boston iea%itGrra%TrvaCtiy tell about it. From left are Bob Lazenby. Alex Whorwood, Gerry Knorr, Fred McGrath and Don Richardson. Unfortunately, the sixth tinisher, Kate Redmond was unable to be on hand for the photo. Th they were six against the thousands Knorr. a 47-year-old supervisor of consumer service with Waterloo North Hydro. drove down the Saturday before the marathon with Richard son. A close friend and former NIH. defenseman great Don Awrey faithfully waited at the finish line to cheer his chum on. "It was mostly individuals talking it up." explained Knorr back at the Y Friday detailing how the six-pack of KW runners winded their way to Boston, “I know I trained through the winter with Boston in mind. while Don (Rich: ardson) here just decided a week ahead. We're all trained for marathon. there were no impulse decisions, you just see who can get ready for it. There's never any thought of winning. or for that matter even running your personal best time. The satisfaction of running at Boston. and completing the Marathon. is what it's all about .. This was the Mith Boston Marathon last Monday. the uranddaddy of running, the higgee. the race every runner dreams of someday running. Some 200, in premier placing at the front of the pack. are here tryingI to win the race. Another 7.400 behind them. knowing they will see neither victory nor laurel wreath. are here for the thrill of competition. to be able to say they competed and completed the 26 miles. 385 yards of supreme athletic endurance Sprinkled among those thousands were six members of Waterloo Family Y, Alex Whorwood, Bob Lazenby. Gerry Knotr, Fred McGrath. Don Richardson and Kate Redmond. dutifully and chronologically listed in a classic case of age before beauty, The veteran Whorwood. a spry half-rentenarian has chartered the Boston route four times. as has Lazenby. while the others were breaking their Boston maidenhood. All finished respectably too, life and limb intact, albeit emitting the odd groan. The day, warm and sunny. Maybe too warm. The population of Hopkinton. Mass, on 364 days of the year approximately 3.000. swells to over three times its size. The queues form. one on the street and over a hill. the other along the sidelines. constructing a human maze. Aerial views conceptualize a sea of heads and shoulders. and there is electricity everywhere. Souvenirxelling too, especially at the back of the pack, where official race numbers are unofficially auctioned to even more unofficial participants Van stereos everywhere blare the theme Chariots of Fire. And a gun goes off, and everything is \et in motion Waterloo Y member Gerry Knorr, recountink the start of the Boston Marathon, 'tre never experienced anything quite like it. There we were.a group of people attsonervous, standing shoulder to shoulder and listening for the starting gun. Then. there was this bang - hut nothing happened. And one guy says, "was that the starting glint" And another guy says. " don't think so __ mrbody's mowing?” _ how many people: I wallet or money at that point would won I on them to buy these "It's a funny thine. Boston, everyone reroe nizes it as the ultimate marathon, You can run any other marathon and nobody will I'Vl'l' come up and ask you about it, But when you run Boston. they all want to know," And now. Gerry Knorr and his Waterloo Y males can tell them, "Why this year? Well. this is one of the few years the marathon hasn't been on Easter weekend, on that weekend my family is more important than any marathon. But this year. I got my training in. and since it didn't fall on Easter weekend, I decided to go tor it " Though he said he doubted he would ever contest Boston again especially since it appears commercialism is taking over from tradition. Knorr says the experience will stay with him for a lifetime. But the fact he realized his goal, to complete the event so richly steeped in tradition. made every sacrifice worthwhile for Knorr. Actually. the fact Knorr even competed at Boston was in part due to the fate of the calen- dar, “It was just sheer ocstacy crossing the finish line. and having those thousands of people there to cheer you on." "That's what amazed me about (winner) Alberto Salazar and (runnerrup) Dick Beards ley. that they were so close to world record times despite the heat. It was especially difficult for me after training through the cold here all winter. then running for the first time in warm weather at Boston. Knorr, who tor the record clocked a finishing time of three hours. 47 minutes, said his two worst enemies along the way, aside from dehydration, were adjusting leg muscles to Heartbreak Hill after 18 miles of essentially downhill running, and the warmth of the day, which rose to about 70 degrees. "A lot of the more inexperienced runners are under the impression that it's just one hill -- but it's a series of four," said Knorr. “You get over the first three, but then when you see there's stili that fourth one - that's the real heart, breaker" . “I’m experienced enough to recognize when I started feeling dehydrated. at the 17-milt- mark I stopped perspiring and started feeling cool. I knew it was time to start taking in water. That was the I, _ tifu', thing about Boston. the people, the spectators are all so great. there wasn't a place along the way you couldn‘t get a drink." Coincidentally or not. the 17-rnile mark also presented runners at Boston with their most fearsome confrontation - the geographical stresses of Heartbreak Hill. Marketing queries aside. the starting gun set the grid in motion, with those bringing up the rear of the line literally walking to the official starting point. Some 17 miles. later, the thoughts of finishing at an 8-minute mile pace were abandoned. at least by Knorr. RICK CAMPBELL