Dick Beardsley (born March 21, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American long-distance runner. He was raised in a small farming community just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up on his parents dairy farm.
He is, currently, the third fastest American born man in the marathon discipline. The world-class marathon competitor of the 1980s was a two-time Olympic qualifier runner and was joint winner of the first London Marathon in 2:11:...
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Dick Beardsley (born March 21, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American long-distance runner. He was raised in a small farming community just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up on his parents dairy farm.
He is, currently, the third fastest American born man in the marathon discipline. The world-class marathon competitor of the 1980s was a two-time Olympic qualifier runner and was joint winner of the first London Marathon in 2:11:48 (29 March 1981) together with Inge Simonsen (Norway).
His finish time of 2:09:37 at the 1981 Grandma's Marathon is still the course record. Beardsley placed second (2:08:53) on the heels of Alberto Salazar in the 1982 Boston Marathon, which at the time, broke the Boston Marathon course record and the American record.
In 1995 he founded the annual Dick Beardsley Half Marathon of Detroit Lakes, held in September of every year (Dick Beardsley 1/2 Marathon, 2 person relay, 5K Run/Walk, and Kids 1K). Beardsley is an experienced and accomplished...
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