Saving the Boston Marathon

“A toxic combination of greed, neglect, and an arrogant opposition to prize money,” is how Boston Globe reporter Brian MacQuarrie describes the atmosphere around the race in the early 1980s – and then explains how it was saved by miracles (‘The Forgotten Story of How the Boston Marathon Almost Collapsed’, Globe Magazine, 4/12/23). As the race director in 1983 and 1984, the 26.2 Foundation’s Tim Kilduff had a front-row seat. We asked him, what would he add to the story?