Feature #1: Steve's Story (broadcast Wednesday, August 13 at 12:06 p.m.)

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What retirement gift do you offer a colleague who’s given WMFE 40 consecutive years of his life?

José A. Fajardo, President of WMFE, suggested that instead of a gold watch, WMFE give its former
president, Stephen McKenney Steck, a trip to an ancient city. Fajardo loaned him a microphone
and a recorder, and told Steck to bring back a “story.”

In this first feature we hear Steve’s Story, which includes 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!”

• Feature # 2: Steve’s Story (Click here to listen or download story)
  (broadcast - Thursday, August 14 at 12:06 p.m.)
  
• Feature # 3: Steve's Story (Click here to listen or download story)
  (broadcast - Friday, August 15 at 12:06 p.m.)
• 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.
  

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 The Runner's Guide To The Meaning Of Life.

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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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