| He then again
broke the course record again in 1979 with a time of 2:09:27. During this time,
he won both Boston and New York marathons four times, beating some of the
greatest runners at the time and some of the top athletes from around the
world. So, what made Billy so great? In 1975, he won 30 out of 32 races he
entered. I mean, that to some of you might sound like a crazy record. But for a
distance runner, especially running marathons, he was running up to a hundred
miles a week. So, that's a lot of training. And, to be able to be that
consistent—they weren't just little races. They were against some of the best
runners in the world. So, there's probably nobody else in the world who has
ever done that and probably will ever do that. |