Five Points of Life Half, Gainesville, FL

Five Points of Life Half, Gainesville, FL
My first half marathon, 02/2006

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

In 1979, Joan Benoit Samuelson ran her first marathon, finishing in 2:51. Almost 30 years later, she ran the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2:49:08. How cool is that?

If your daughter is looking for a role model, she might want to consider following the running life of Joan Benoit Samuelson. This woman is amazing, not just in terms of her record race times, but in the life she has led since winning the Olympic Gold in 1984.

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