See John Run




To be a winner, all you need to give, is all you have.


Hi, and welcome to my running page.
During the process of building this page I have asked myself,
what gives me the right to do a running page on the Internet?

Presently I am a runner only in my heart.
It's been a couple years since I seriously tried to strap on my shoes.

Running is / was something I enjoyed doing,
Time to think - to work thru problems,
Release the stress after a hard day at work,
To enjoy all the beauty that God has given us.

I ran for the enjoyment..... and WILL again.
I ran mile races, 5km runs, 10K's, 1/2 marathons, marathons
and even challenged myself to a 50km run from Ottawa to visit my brother Stuart one week-end.


Hope you enjoy this page and all it has to offer
both now, and as I continue to build it
and as I start to run AGAIN...


Running does bring back some fine memories for me.

ckick on each of these pictures for a larger view




A summary of my marathons would look like this:

1987 - Toronto
1988 - Montreal
1989 - Athens, Greece
1990 - Port Huron
1991 - Ottawa & Voyageur (in Massey)
1992 - off due to injury
1993 - Montreal & Marine Corps (Washington DC)
1994 - Las Vegas - Boston - Ottawa - Toronto (all within a month)
1995 - Boston - Toronto - Winnipeg
1996 - Boston (the 100th running)

The times range from 3hrs and 12 seconds.. to almost 4hrs..
all were great..
there is no feeling like the finish line of a marathon.


A lot of runners aspire to running the
Boston Marathon
because

(a) of the history involved and
(b) it is the only marathon with entry qualifications.

I needed to run a marathon, within a year in less than 3hrs and 15min...
That's just over 7 minutes a mile for the duration of 26 miles...
(fun if you're up to it... better if it's raining)...
I was lucky enough to run 3 Boston Marathons,
1994, 1995 and 1996...
Two of these runs, I did while wearing a kilt, and two of them with my running partner Miriam.

Athens

was truly a wonderful experience...
at the time I was "posted" to Cyprus on peace keeping duties with
The Royal Canadian Regiment, 1st Battalion...
4 of us were ready and capable of going to the race,
which was the original run that inspired the birth of the marathon...
we are pictured here in
the Olympic Stadium in Athens.



The 1896 Olympic marathon distance of 24.8 miles was based on the distance run, according Greek legend,
a foot soldier named Pheidippides was sent from
the village of Marathon to Athens,
with the news of the astounding victory over a superior Persian army.
Exhausted as he approached the leaders of the City of Athens,
he staggered and gasped,
"Rejoice! We Conquer!"
and then collapsed, dead.

The short slide show that follows - is my running from 1986 - to 1996.
It was GREAT, had many memorable moments, and lots of great memories.



Number of Pictures: 2 of 4



It is presently 01 Feb 03, the date I have in my head to commit to start running once more...


I Am John




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