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Dick Beardsley (born March 21, 1956) is an American long-distance runner best known for his close finish with Alberto Salazar in the 1982 Boston Marathon. ==Running career== Beardsley ran his first marathon in 2:47:14 at the 1977 Paavo Nurmi Marathon in Hurley, Wisconsin. In subsequent marathons, he steadily lowered his times: 2:33:22, 2:33:06, and 2:31:50. Beardsley is the only man to have ever run 13 consecutive personal bests in the marathon, and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the feat. His finish time of 2:09:37 at the 1981 Grandma's Marathon stood as a course record for 33 years until it was broken in 2014.〔http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/content/ondoro-wins-grandmas-marathon-record-time〕 Beardsley placed second (2:08:53) on the heels of Alberto Salazar in the 1982 Boston Marathon,〔http://www.dbrunningcompany.com/video/myvideoplayer.html 〕 breaking the Boston Marathon course record and the American record. In 2003 he started the Dick Beardsley Marathon Running Camp, which is held each September at Rainbow Resort in Waubun, Minnesota.〔("2008 Dick Beardsley Marathon Running Camp" ) Marathon and Beyond magazine, Camps〕 Beardsley is one of the subjects of the book ''Duel in the Sun'', published in 2006 by John Brant. His memoir, ''Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race'', was co-authored by Maureen Anderson and published in 2002 by the University of Minnesota Press.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/B/beardsley_staying.html )〕 In 2010, Beardsley was inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame.〔Perritano, Fran: ("Beardsley, Gorman elected to Distance Running Hall of Fame" ) Utica Observer-Dispatch, April 19, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dick Beardsley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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