When the ads for the Reebok Boston Indoor Games begin to appear in December, I always think to myself that I don't really need to go this year. It's a bit expensive, and some of the races seem like glorified time trials (impressive, yes, but not necessarily must-watch track and field).
And then the organizers always pull the right strings to draw me back in. The organizers had already announced that double-Olympic gold medalist Tirunesh Dibaba would be back for, one presumes, another run at 5K world record. Yesterday, BIG announced that Galen Rupp (5K), Nick Willis (mile), and Anna Pierce (nee Willard) will be running. Pierce will take a shot at Jen Toomey's AR (2:34.19) in the 1000, and the BIG web site is running a poll asking whether she can do it (69% so far say "yes").
In the next couple of weeks, fields will be announced and other stars added to the lineups. Soon, the lure will be irresistible and I'll spring for tickets.
Of course, the best races might not be the ones with the big names. The boys high school mile always ends up being a great race. And last year, unheralded Lindsay Gallo provided one of the meet highlights by winning the women's mile. But geez, I'd love to see Anna Willard, I mean Anna Pierce really crush the 1000...
News and schedules can be found at the meet's own website.
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For those who do not follow the game of chess, Robert James Fischer is American's greatest chess hero. He became the only American in the modern era of chess to become the World Chess Championship, by defeating Russian opponent Boris Spassky (or is that Spaasky?) in 1972 in a World Chess Championship match held over the course of weeks in Raikjevik, Iceland. I'm tired and I'm not checking my spelling, hope you can figure out the correct versions of the names. Fischer was probably already half insane back then, but by 1975 he was totally over the bend and for various reasons decided not to defend his title.
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