false 515066 2 One was a humble farm boy from Minnesota. The other was the most electrifying distance runner of his time. In 1982, they battled stride for stride for more than two hours in the most thrilling Boston Maraton ever run. Then the drama really began. . . . Thus John Brant sets the stage for the epic race that took place 23 years ago between Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley. Since Beardsley was only 26 and Salazar 23 at the time, everyone assumed that this would be the start of a long and glorious rivalry. Instead Beardsley soon began a descent into drug addiction that brought him perilously close to dying. Salazars decline was more gradual, his vigor slowly giving way to baffling symptoms that left him completely exhausted. Brants portraits of the painkiller-addicted Beardsley and the depression-plagued Salazar are at once sensitive and hair-raising. The supporting characters are also richly drawn, from Albertos father, Jose Salazar, a towering presence with a fascinating history and a former close friend of Fidel Castro, to Bill Squires, Beardsleys coach, a Casey Stengellike figure whose oddball goofiness masks an encyclopedic knowledge of distance running. This elegantly written story is riveting nonfiction at its very best. 503023 21 2 2006 Duel in the Sun: Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America's Greatest Marathon total:87|5:14|4:46|3:24|2:2|1:1| 87 331 126 18 5 0 false false Wed Jun 24 04:45:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 04:49:28 -0700 2009 during a race. This made me want to run Boston and meet both Dick Beardsley and Alberto Salazar, who regularly give speeches based on the events described in the boo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 06 12:06:48 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 12:39:40 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 27 07:54:32 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 07:55:12 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 06:38:22 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 06:38:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 14 19:42:18 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 05:08:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 11:52:04 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 09:16:32 -0800 2008
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