Feature #2: Steve's Story (broadcast Thursday, August 14 at 12:06 p.m.)

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In part-1 of Steve’s Story, we left WMFE’s former president soon after his start in a 26.2-mile
marathon in Athens, Greece. Did the inspiration from other runners we heard on the run stay with
Steve?

Many a breathless footfall remains for our colleague, Stephen McKenney Steck to finish this
adventuresome gift WMFE gave him on his retirement.

Steve is joined in this second feature with remarks from:

Jeff Galloway Founder - Galloway Marathon Training Program & US Olympian		Amby Burfoot Runner’s World Editor at Large, & Winner –‘68 Boston Maratho		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”

• Feature # 3: Steve's 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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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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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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