Marathon

Honolulu Marathon Training
Getting Ready!
36th Annual Honolulu Marathon December 14, 2008

The Below pictures:
Legends 5 K Run (December 6, 2007)
Saturday Morning Nike Club Run (October 27, 2007 - Sandy's Birth Day)
Sunday 30K Warm Up Run Kapiolani Park (October 07, 2007).

Fitness. The Marathon Clinic. The Honolulu Marathon

The Legends Run

A short 5K warm up run,
held two days before the Honolulu Marathon.
The Legends Run brings famous, old time legends of running to Hawaii to meet the young competitors.

Frank Shorter is one of the Legends of Running. He won the 1972 Olympic Marathon Race in Munich, Germany. As an American,who was born in Munich, he fittingly returned to his birthplace to win.

On the right, Frank poses with Sandy at the completion of the Legends Run.

Below, another Legend of Running,
Jim Ryun, poses with Sandy and friends
after the race.

In 1966, while still a teenager,
Ryun set the World Record
for both the Mile and the Half Mile.

I do it because of the way it makes me feel. Bruce Springsteen

	Happy 24th Birthday!
Sandy & a friend, Keiko, relax after the Nike Run.
	After the Run
Sandy's First 30K Run

Crossing the Finish Line!
This was Sandy's first long race. To conserve her energy and find a comfortable pace,
she ran a steady and slow, apparently too slow, race. Coming down Diamond Head Road,
with one kilometer to go, she realized she had more strength and excess reserve.
She shifted into higher gear and started to overtake runners who were already spent.
This buoyed her enthusiasm and her pace increased. The last 100 meters,
with the finish clock visible, were her fastest. She broke into a dash. One by one,
she shot past the remaining six runners. A few meters from the green carpet
she caught the final runner. Excited, she gave it her all. She spurted across
the Finish Line just one foot ahead of her final competitor.

Relaxing after the Run!

Do your thing. Do it for yourself,
and don't look back,
(and be aware, Sandy may be gaining and ready to pass you.)

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