bigleadsports 4/13/12: Q&A With Alberto Salazar. Alberto Salazar made his marathon debut at the 1980 New York Marathon. He won the race again in 1981 and 1982 but his ’82 race at the Boston Marathon where he defeated Dick Beardsley in the race dubbed, “The Duel in the Sun,” was his introduction to legendary status in New England. Born in Cuba, reared in Wayland, Massachusetts, Salazar currently lives in Oregon. The new book, 14 Minutes, is the memoir of Alberto Salazar, the most accomplished, charismatic, and controversial marathoner in history.