pril 16, 1979 – “The King.  The greatest long distance runner in the history of the world, the greatest runner alive today.  Ladies and gentlemen – Bill Rodgers!” Finish line announcer Tom Grilk may tend, when excited, towards hyperbole and redundancy but no one cared as Bill Rodgers bested a Boston Marathon field of perhaps 10,000 while … Continue reading 1979 Boston Marathon. I Was There.