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Posted by crow news on December 1, 2006, 10:18 am Bob Hillgrove earned the title, "The King of the Roads" in the 1960s He feels a sub 2:50 is a reasonable goal to shoot for at 2007 Boston Marathon were he will be competing in the veteran's division at age 62. We are thrilled to have Mr Hillgrove join our successful Boston Marathon squads where our Crow Athletics men's open team placed eighth overall in 2006. This is believed to be the highest finish ever for a team from Maine placing even ahead of the Boston Athletic Association the host club of the Boston Marathon. If you will be running in the 2007 Boston Marathon and would like to be included as part of our Boston Marathon teams please send us a note at so we can be sure and get your name on our official Boston Marathon team roster: information@crowrunning.com
Message modified by board administrator December 1, 2006, 12:42 pm
We are excited and honored to announce that Maine running legend Bob Hillgrove from Rockland Maine will be competing as part of our Crow Athletics, Boston Marathon team this year. Bob has run one career marathon at Tucson AZ when he was 45 years old finishing 11th overall in 2:27. He has never run the Boston Marathon as he usually was found running and winning the Portland Boys Club 5 Miler in Portland which is traditionally held on the same Patriots Day holiday, where he incidentally won eight times and was the course record holder for many years. One of the reasons he never ran in the Boston Marathon is the fact that the Portland race was such a major event in Maine and he was either the defending champ or the defending course record holder. He reports that he wishes he'd have run Boston and in the 1964 Olympic trials held in Culver City CA and in his words, "regrets I didn't do it". Bob is a member of the Maine Running Hall of Fame and has also won seven Bangor Labor Day races where the winners trophy still bears his name. He is excited to finally get a chance to run in the Boston Marathon where he will be honored to run as an invited participant and therefore does not need to qualify to participate as the majority of the starting field must do each year.
More recently Bob ran a 12k on Oct 15, 06 at high altitude in Boulder CO finishing in 45:26 or 6:05 pace at age 61. Personal bests on the track and some other interesting results can be found below:
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