Tag Archives: NYC marathon
NYC Running a Breeze for Filipina
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Roman Espejo.
by Roman Espejo Blocks after the finish line at the New York City Marathon, Bernadette “Bards” Bathan flashed her unofficial time on her running watch: 4 hours, 39 minutes and 32 seconds. Sixteen minutes under her personal best. “Do you want to take a picture of it?” she asked me. Bathan, 36, and four others […]
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The Elephant Woman on the Long Run
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Thomas Chan.
The worst a typical runner might face while training for the New York City Marathon is an injury or a mugging in a seedy part of town.
“Elephant Kate” Evans had to worry about being attacked by a lion.
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When Pain is Your Running Partner
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Peggy Truong.
By Peggy Truong
At home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mark Wallace wasn’t able to walk without limping or grinding his teeth. But he was determined to run the New York City Marathon on Sunday. It’s one of the items on his to-do list, along with skydiving in Switzerland, running with the bulls in Spain and traveling to every continent.
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A last marathon, a family affair
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Almudena Toral.
By Almudena Toral Julian Silgado, a Spaniard who has run 34 marathons, once promised his daughters that if he was still running at age 60, he would bring them and their families with him to New York to watch him run his last marathon. At the age of 60, he is still a devoted runner. […]
