Feature #3: Steve's Story (broadcast Friday, August 15 at 12:06 p.m.)

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It took 40 years for WMFE’s former president to cross his public broadcasting “finish line.” At that
celebratory moment, WMFE could have given him a gold watch.

But instead of the watch, WMFE gave Stephen McKenney Steck a trip to Athens, Greece to run a
26.2-mile marathon. We told him: Steve, bring back a story!

In this last of three features, we finally have our ending to Steve’s Story.”

Steve is joined in this final feature with remarks from:

Jerry Schuetz Athens Runner – from pancreatic cancer recovery to “running all day long!		Deena Kastor 2004 Olympic Marathon Bronze Medalist, Athens

• 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.
  

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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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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