“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?
