(The adjoining Eliot Hotel, which leased out the space, apparently wanted something more upscale at the time.) If the Eliot Lounge were around today, it would be the place for distraught Sumgong fans to get together and commiserate over a few pints of Sam Adams. It was also the heyday of Boston’s Eliot Lounge, the Back Bay drinking establishment and community hub that had become an inseparable part of Boston Marathon lore by the time it closed in 1996. It was a golden age of sorts, a time when the scourge of blood doping was still in its infancy, and American marathoners like Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Joan Benoit were among the best in the world. perspective, the early 1970s through the early ’80s would be a good place to look. In the wake of last week’s depressing news that reigning Olympic marathon champ Jemima Sumgong tested positive for EPO, it’s tempting for distance-running fans to yearn for another, ostensibly more innocent, era of the sport.
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