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Dorando Pietri, John Hayes, and the Olympic Marathon

The NY Times “Rings” blog has an entry today about the 100th anniversary of the 1908 London Olympic marathon, the one which started at Windsor Castle and established the 26.2-mile standard distance for the marathon. (And you thought it was 26.2 miles from Marathon to Athens.)

I won’t rehash the details of the whole thing, but I will point out that Wayne Baker, mentioned as the advocate for John Hayes at the Dorando Pietri celebrations, may be more familiar to readers of my comments (or of his blog as “Scooter.”)

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Posted by pjm on July 23, 2008 3:26 PM |

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I believe an old friend of yours, Steven Seaton, was supposed to be Johnny Hayes today en route from Windsor Castle to London. He was to chase Dorando Pietri, aka John Bryant, author of several marathon books including the recently publishe one about the 1908 London Olympic Marathon. I can’t wait to see photos’s of his swoon at the end.

Posted by: amby | July 24, 2008 10:56 PM

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