World Marathon Majors

FINAL REFLECTION In 2015 I ran in an organized race .I had participated in the Madd Dash, also known as the Strides for Change run near Earl March Secondary School. I’ve recieved an approximate time of 28 minutes when finished running the 5km run. During the day of the run, it was very cold and in the middle of the run it started to hail. In 2016, I ran in the Kanata Race Day event at Richcraft Community center during May. The run was during good and well rounded weather conditions for the ideal run, and my time around 24 minutes. Then October 16th, 2016, once again I participated in the Strides for change run, same location, being that it was at Earl of March secondary School. I got an exact time of 25:49 min . The weather conditions were very odd. During the beginning of the run, it was very cloudy but quarter way through the run, it started to rain very heavily, which might of affected my time. In regards to the Rattle me bones run, it was very highly community involved event. The run that I participated in was the 5km Funny Bone run. With the Rattle meones run, this event has raised well over $1M dollars for musculoskeletal and bone cancer research. All funds raised will help with the research at the Ottawa Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, in regards to new treatments for Bone Cancers and Cancers that affect mobility, and helping these bones to be healthy again. With this type of illness, individuals with it will not be able to have the proper…

experience a wider variety of cases, diseases, cultures, and patients than other medical schools located in smaller cities or smaller medical districts. Being exposed to a diversity of medical cases will help me as a physician. Secondly, Rush emphasizes community involvement or volunteering. I believe that giving back is vital. As a medical student, it becomes very easy to focus on you: your classes, your grades, your residency decisions, and your future. Additionally, medical school revolves…

This past June, I ran the Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota. I must have motivated my mother from my previous marathon, as she decided to sign up as a charity walker for the Multiple Sclerosis Society in the half distance. My goal of my first marathon had not only been to run for myself, but to inspire my mother to not give up on the passion she once had. Healthy lifestyles are lifetime endeavors not only because they require continuous work, but become inspiring when true results are…

certainly did for me. Just my luck… After the half marathon debacle back in January, I just wanted to get back in the game and prove to myself that the last marathon I had run was not my swan song. There was also a little anger involved, directed towards myself and what I had done to bring me to this point. I chose to train for a marathon that I normally would not consider. I was born in Illinois- so the Chicago Marathon would make sense. But this one was in Orange County, California, an area…

On a daily basis, I am asked why I run. When people think of running, they think of absolute pain and distress. However, when I think of running, I think of freedom and strength. Running gives a sense of relief from the stresses of daily life; whenever I have a difficult day, jogging along trails and dirt roads instantly rids of the strain of the day. You feel free because your legs can venture wherever you may desire. After you run, there is a sense of achievement that fills your body with…

race.” This was what I had been telling myself since the start of the week in preparation for my marathon — which was happening today. The reason why I decided I wanted to run a marathon was because of the influence of my sister. It was up in Okanagan where my family and I cheered for my sister as she was participating in the Okanagan Marathon. As soon as she completed the race, and although exhausted, I saw how happy and relieved she was, and felt extremely happy and excited for her new…

On April 19 1966, Bobbi Gibb became the first women to run in the Boston Marathon—disguised as a man in men’s clothing. Growing up, Gibb was always passionate about running. She spent her adolescent and adult years running for her own enjoyment. After she witnessed her first marathon, Gibb felt the desire to participate in the marathon as a runner. Thus, she took it upon herself to train without professional assistance. By the end of her training, she was able to run 40 miles in one stretch;…

I've never witnessed the Boston Marathon of 1975, but novelist Bill Rodgers and Matthew Shepatin made me feel as if I was running the race the whole time, in April of 1975, when an unknown runner named Bill Rodgers decided to prove his worth to the not the country, but the world by breaking the world record in the marathon with a blazing 2:09:55. The story of how the whole world reacted to Bill’s outstanding performance is told by the Bill himself, and his mentor and teammate Amby Burfoot who…

While the pain is fresh and the glory is sweet, I decided to write this article about my experience running the marathon and how in my opinion, it correlates metaphorically of how I started and my diurnal responsibility as a Surgical Technologist. Less than a month ago; on March 19, I ran my 3rd marathon. It is becoming a yearly affair for me and my wife to ran the Los Angeles Marathon that we always look forward for the next year. It started 3 years ago when my wife signed me up for my first…

Image a time when you forgot to warm up before a run and then regretted it later. Now think about how your horse feels every time you run him without a proper warm up. Without a proper warm up, you may be paying thousands of dollars in vet bills or even hospital bills if you or your horse gets injured during your run. Is running the fastest time really worth anything if you or your horse gets injured and can’t run again. The process of warming up your horse before a run may seem pointless,…