was running 30 minutes at a time, and by last autumn he had completed his first half-marathon in 2:12. But Beesley didn’t stop there. He kept running outdoors through the winter months, despite temperatures that dropped to well below zero, and last spring

, it follows that many of the best marathon times should have been run there.Nope. There has been only one men's world-best time at Boston, and that was back in 1947, when Yun Bok Suh of Korea ran 2:25:39. Two women have set world bests at Boston. Liane Winter

three work-outs a week.Thirteen weeks later, Beesley was running 30 minutes at a time, and by last autumn he had completed his first half-marathon in 2:12. But Beesley didn’t stop there. He kept running outdoors through the winter months, despite