About Kevin Irwin Expertise I was born in Boston and lived in the `burbs for the first 20 years of my life. I now live in England, but I can hopefully answer most questions relating to Beantown. If not, my dad is a former Boston tour bus driver, so I`m sure he`ll know the answer.
Experience Two decades living in the area. My father knows most of the historical aspects to Boston.
Question I don't know that you'll really be able to help me but I hope so. My father is a runner and has run in many marathons. He is interested in a obtaining information about a former winner of a Boston Marathon. She fraudulently one the marathon and later was stripped of her win because it was discovered that she had took a bus part of the way, and didn't actually run the entire race. My father believe's it was run between 1980 / 1985. If you could help me I would appreciate it greatly.
Thank You,
Lea
Answer The person who are referring to is Rosie Ruiz, who cheated in the 1980 Boston Marathon. She was stripped of her "victory" a few days later, after it became apparent that she had run no more than the last mile of the race. He are a few pages on the story: http://www.who2.com/rosieruiz.html http://search.boston.com/sports/marathon/history/1980.htm
If you go to www.google.com or another search engine and look for "Rosie Ruiz", you should be able to find a lot more info if you want it.
Hope this answers your question.
