60-minute Documentary: Instead of a Gold Watch: The Spirit of Athens (available online
from 12:30 p.m. Friday, August 15 and to be broadcast on Sunday, August 17 at 6 p.m. on 90.7 FM.

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Steve is joined in this second feature with remarks from:

Jeff Galloway Founder - Galloway Marathon Training Program & U.S. Olympian		Susan Reynolds Author, The First Marathon: The Legend of Pheidippides		Amby Burfoot Runner’s World Editor at Large, & Winner –‘68 Boston Marathon		David Weissert Athens Runner, with his own“story” of overcoming epilepsy!		Nita Kay LeMay Athens Runner. accomplishing her own incredible “vison!”
Deena Kastor 2004 Olympic Marathon Bronze Medalist, Athens		Jon Hughes President – Track Shack & Director, Walt Disney World Marathon & Half Marathon		Dr. Tom Winters Orlando Orthopedic Surgeon & finisher of 14 marathons		Kathy Lubbers Athens Runner /Walker sharing a life-changing “story”		Jerry Schuetz Athens Runner – from pancreatic cancer recovery to “running all day long!

Jeff Galloway:
jeffgalloway.com

• Leads annual trip to Athens Marathon
• U.S. Olympian, 1972, 10,000 meters (also an alternate on the marathon team)
• Founding member of the Florida Track Club with Jack Bachelor and Frank Shorter
• Author of North America’s best-selling running book: Galloway’s Book on Running
• Runner’s World monthly columnist
• Founder of Galloway Training Program, now in 60+ cities
• Coached more than 200,000 runners and walkers to their goals
• Produces the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk: 18,000 participants
• Event Director, Breast Cancer Marathon in Jacksonville
• Running Retreats in Tahoe and Destin
• Running Schools in 35 cities

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Susan Reynolds:
Journey Here to There

Susan Reynolds is an author, artist, distance walker, wife and mother of four. In addition to her book about Pheidippides, her second book Walking Outside the Box is Susan's personal journey to fitness and includes the story of her first marathon as well as some of her walking adventures. Last year she enjoyed a nearly 200 mile solo backpacking trek in the Arctic Circle of Lapland, Sweden. Susan recently walked 309 miles in New Mexico that included the infamously harsh Jornada del Muerto. She is currently working on a book about her latest adventures.

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Amby Burfoot:
Footloose: Amby Burfoot's notes from the Road

Amby Burfoot has been a senior editor at Runner's World Magazine for more than three decades, covering everyone from Bill Rodgers and Joan Samuelson to Ryan Hall and Deena Kastor. A former Boston Marathon winner (1968) and still an active runner at 62, he is a member of the Road Runner's Club of America Hall of Fame and the Distance Running Hall of Fame. He has won numerous journalism awards, and has written four running books, including

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David Weissert
David Weissert (age 44) was born in Upper Michigan and has lived in Florida since 1988. He and his wife, also a marathoner, are parents of a 4 year old daughter.  Employed by the same company for 14 years, he trains building officials, contractors and engineers.

David developed epilepsy at the age of 11, experiencing a multi-year series of grand mall seizures.  He has had two knee surgeries in his early 20’s and a pin surgically placed in his leg.  David has been overweight most of his life with resulting high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.  Since starting his marathon training he has lost substantial weight and has effectively reduced his blood pressure and cholesterol levels.  David is now seizure-free as a result of more effective and consistent medication.

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Nita Kay LeMay
I am 56 years old and have run a marathon  in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., all 13 Canadian provinces and territories, and  on each of the 7 continents.  I am the second woman in the world to have accomplished this feat and the first who is legally blind.  I was diagnosed with macular degeneration in my 20s.  I  have partial peripheral vision and very limited central focus. My greatest challenge isn't the distance but, rather, getting to the marathons on my own and running without a guide.  My current goal is to run marathons in all eight Australian states and territories.

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Deena Kastor:
Deenakastor.com

Deena Kastor is the 2004 Olympic marathon bronze medalist in Athens, Greece. Kastor’s bronze medal was the first U.S. medal in the Olympic Marathon since Joan Benoit’s gold medal victory at the inaugural women’s Olympic Marathon in Los Angeles in 1984. Deena ran the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon in two hours 29 minutes 35 seconds making her one of three USA women starters at the Beijing Olympic Marathon. Deena won the 2006 Flora London Marathon (2:19:36). She has also won the Chicago Marathon (2:21:25).

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Jon Hughes:
Trackshack.com

The co-owner of Track Shack and EMMI, Jon now produces more than 40 running and walking events annually, including the Walt Disney World Marathon.  He began running in high school and ran at Winter Park High, Seminole Community College, and Appalachian State University. He has since completed 12 marathons, including Boston, Berlin, Chicago and Marine Corps. Since the 1970’s, Jon has been recognized for his outstanding leadership by the Florida Athletics Congress, the Pan American Junior Games, the Governor of Florida, and the Grand Bahamas Promotions Board. Jon was admitted into the Florida Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Kathy Lubbers:
Kathy G. Lubbers lives with her husband, Paul in Key Biscayne, Florida where they fish, walk, entertain and travel for fun.

As President and CEO of Gingrich Communications, Kathy oversees a variety of activities of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
                       
Having experienced Rheumatoid Arthritis for over 20 years, Kathy’s activities as a Board Member of the Arthritis Foundation focus on raising funds and awareness in support of research and community-based education programs for the 46 million individual affected by arthritis.                 
                                                     
Kathy holds a BA in Religion from Davidson College and uses it daily!

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Jerry Schuetz:
J.B. Schuetz is a B-Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer survivor who started his marathon running career while recovering from cancer surgery in the fall of 2003.

His motivation was to run his first marathon (the first Nike Marathon, October 2004) 6 months after chemotherapy.  He completed this goal with the encouragement and the coaching of the Southwest Florida Team in Training group, which is a fundraising arm of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  J.B. has completed 15 marathons and is currently training for his 10th Team in Training event - the San Antonia Marathon.  This spring, at the Paris Marathon, he became engaged to Erica Lolli who is a fellow cancer survivor and Team in Training member.

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