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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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First Marathons: Personal Encounters with the 26.2-Mile Monster

First Marathons: Personal Encounters with the 26.2-Mile Monster

Kislevitz, Gail

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AthletesRunning & Jogging

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ISBN10: 1891369113
ISBN13: 9781891369117
Publisher: Breakaway Books
Published: Sep 1 1999
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.04 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
Introduction by Gail Waesche Kislevitz

If you have the passion, you have the power.

I had already been pounding pavement for twenty-four years when I made the decision to run my first marathon. Growing up in the late sixties when women's sports was called cheerleading, I had no formal training in running techniques. I just ran, pure and simple. I ran for the joy of it, the thrill of it, the escape of it. During college, I played lacrosse because there wasn't a women's track team and it seemed like the next best thing to do. But I still remained faithful to my daily run. I ran through the bitter-cold winters of Michigan during graduate school, through two pregnancies and countless other miles that seem to blend into one long life's run.

I don't know when I made the transformation from running as a sport to running as part of my life. I can't separate the two. When I run, my mind and body fuse together, creating an energy source that empowers me. It is my private time, my therapy, my religion.

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