<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/02/chilean-miner-edison-pena-marathon]Chilean”>Chilean miner Edison Peña to run New York marathon | New York | The Guardian]Chilean</a> miner Edison Pe</p>
<p>That really is cool!</p>
<p>It sounds like he will have some interesting company:</p>
<p>[Subway</a> guy Jared Fogle training for New York City Marathon](<a href=“http://www.examiner.com/weight-loss-in-national/subway-guy-jared-fogle-training-for-new-york-city-marathon]Subway”>http://www.examiner.com/weight-loss-in-national/subway-guy-jared-fogle-training-for-new-york-city-marathon)</p>
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<p>I think I would rather be in the mine than ever run the NY Marathon again. Too big a crowd for me!</p>
<p>I had heard that he was “in training” while underground, how awesome.</p>
<p>Love going to the NYMarathon. </p>
<p>Here’s my favorite story - bear with me. DH and I were lucky enough have as our closest friends two people who were the perfect complement to us. DH and “Lance” ran road races and did triathalons together. </p>
<p>10 years ago, “Lance” was diagnosed with colon cancer, had a colostomy and continued running, biking, and swimming. The boys both put their names in for the NYC marathon lottery and “Lance” was picked. They trained together and DH devised a schedule whereby the three of us could watch “Lance” four times over the course. It involved trains, subways, a little running of our own, and it was based on DH’s meticulous calculations. </p>
<p>That day, DH was a little surprised at how long it was taking our “Lance” to make it to our checkpoints. </p>
<p>Two weeks later, “Lance” was at the oncologists who found cancer had reoccurred and had spread to both of his lungs. He two surgeries to remove a sizable portion from one and a smaller amount from the other. </p>
<p>This guy ran the NYC marathon WITH lung cancer. </p>
<p>He passed away less than four years later and at his funeral all of our pics from the run were on screen with a little “Born to Run” in the background and everyone wore yellow for a man who truly lived strong.</p>
<p>Wow - great but sad story.</p>
<p>My Girl Scout troop used to volunteer at the Marathon and Pasta Dinner the night before every year. It was so much fun (and such hard work)! They began when they were around 13 and continued until they were Seniors in high school.</p>
<p>The dinner was like being at an Olympic event - foreigners all over the place. Everyone was so friendly. They had bands playing and the girls would get up on stage and dance during their breaks. They preferred checking tickets at the door and serving dessert mostly, oh and bussing tables. It was totally exhausting. We would then walk uptown to a friends apartment, sleep in their floor, and get up around 6:30 to walk cross town to their water/Gatorade station. They would set up the station and then hang with whatever radio station and DJ was there at that hour until it was time for the runners. The elite runners rarely asked for water but once they passed it was hard to keep up with the demand! The were often drenched in water and Gatorade by the end of the very long day.</p>
<p>The only requirement I had of them was that no one miss school the next day - or even be late or we wouldn’t be able to go the next year. They loved it and cherish the t-shirts and rain ponchos they received.</p>
<p>Good luck to those who run - it’s WAY out of my league!</p>
<p>As inspiring as this story may sound, I have to wonder how wise it is. The people I know who run marathons have trained for months, training that involves much more than jogging inside a mine would entail. The article doesn’t mention whether or not this man has ever run in any type of race before being trapped in the mine or even if he was a runner at all. Injury, or worse, can be all too common for those who are not properly prepared.</p>