Inspiring People

I wouldn't necessarily call myself a sports enthusiast. I don't like to watch NFL or NBA, I do like baseball, but on some late nights you will find me flipping through the channels of our TV to watch NBC Universal Sports. The programs I find particular interest in are the long-distance races and iron man races. Good grief, the amount of stamina a person has to have to run that fast for such a long period of time. It kills my insides just thinking about it. I recently was watching the 2009 Boston Marathon. This was a truly amazing race. What really drew me in was that there was a girl from Portland, OR running. Apparently, there has not been an American woman in the top 3 finishers of the Boston Marathon since 1993. Ever since then the Kenyans and Ethiopans have dominated with their running abilities. But this girl, Kara Goucher, from Portland, OR stayed at the front of the pack the entire time. I am amazed that there are women out there who can run less than a 6 minute mile pace for 26 miles. At the end of the race in the final miles these girls even kicked it up. She ran fast and hard and finished third, the first American woman to place in the top 3 since 1993! I am inspired by athletes like this. I like to run. I am not fast and I don't plan on running any marathons. But my inspiration this week comes from this girl from Portland, OR who is a total stud....who when I googled her I found out is older than me! It gives me hope, I've still got time to get in shape and start running!