David Ortiz has the build of a baseball slugger and chronic foot issues, but the former Red Sox star still thinks he might have been able to run a marathon at his athletic peak.
“When I was younger, I used to run long distance because I used to worry so much about being able to get through all my training,” Ortiz told Boston.com. “I think I could have done it, like, 20 years ago.”
For the fourth straight year, the David Ortiz Children’s Fund (DOCF) is sponsoring a team of runners in the Boston Marathon, with the goal this year of raising $150,000 for children in the Dominican Republic and New England who need critical cardiac care and cannot afford it.