HODGE AND FALMOUTH GROW TOGETHER August 26, 1984 Bobby Hodge had been temporarily retired from running competitively on the roads when, in 1974, he read of a race in Falmouth. Vin Fleming, someone he had raced against when they were at Johnson & Wales, finished 10th. Hodge figured it was time to return. “I saw the names of a couple of people I…
THE BOSTON GLOBE, APRIL 14, 1981 If the Shoe Fits…then Advertise it Runners will be showcasing many products By Joe Dinneen Globe Staff The Boston Marathon is undergoing a subtle change. One of the great pure amateur events, the Hopkinton-to-Boston run is being taken over by corporate-sponsored clubs who use the event to showcase their…
“The futures so bright I gotta wear shades” “I have no intention of competing in the trials or in any pseudo, bogus competition,” said Rodgers as he prepared to leave Florida for weekend races in Dublin, Ga. and Detroit before returning to Boston next Tuesday. “I’d rather run Boston. It’s more prestigious than whatever they…
This would be the year that I would become acceptable in terms of chosen lifestyle (an obsession with athletics/shoe jockey) through my performance in the Boston Marathon (3rd place 2:12:30). Running well at Boston for a local person was really the only thing that would make an impression on your friends and neighbors, perhaps even…
This was my first trip to this world-famous track meet and my best opportunity to qualify for the Nationals, which would be held at UCLA in June. After a disappointing debut in the marathon at Boston in 1977, I decided to go back to running the kinds of events that would make me a better,…
I began the year at Stinson Beach, Ca. My Lowell friend Ron Durand and I were continuing our cross country trip that started the previous June. We left Tacoma, Wash., which had been our home base since September, the day after Christmas. A good friend of mine from the University Of Lowell, a great high-jumper…
This was the occasion of the second New York City Marathon held through the city’s five boroughs. I was in the middle of a cross-country motor trip and currently stationed in Tacoma, Washington. This trip was scheduled to last a year, or at least until I was seriously broke. I made a call back home and found…
THE SUNDAY SUN, LOWELL, MASS., OCT. 30, 1977 Lowell’s Hodge eyes 1984 Olympics By CHARLES SCOGGINS Jr. Sun Staff LOWELL – What makes Bobby run? You’ve seen him running along Bridge Street in the sweltering August heat. You’ve seen him running down Andover Street beneath the billowing trees and their kaleidoscope of colorful…
In February, I ran my first marathon, the infamous Silver Lake Dodge race sponsored by the car dealership in Wellesley. I wished to compete in this race in order to get my qualifier for the Boston Marathon, and also as a way of viewing, at ground level, the first half of the Boston course. My Greater…
This was a pivotal race in my running career. I was attending the University of Lowell at this time, but was ineligible to compete because of my recent transfer from Johnson & Wales Junior College. I had been a member of the Greater Boston Track Club for about a year and had done some training…