“I might as well celebrate during an anniversary year, while I’m still able!” “My goal is to to run within 40 minutes of my time 40 years ago, which would be sub-3:15:35,” said the Maine native. Crossing the finish line in 2:35:15 clad in her college uniform and a Red Sox cap, she captured the hearts of New Englanders en route to her memorable win. Samuelson will once again toe the line in Hopkinton, four decades after the then-21-year-old Bowdoin College student set a national and course record at the 83rd Boston Marathon. The 2019 Boston Marathon will be run on Monday, April 15, Patriots’ Day and One Boston Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo: Compassionīranch Rickey & Jackie Robinson: NobilityĬlarence 'Big House' Gaines, Sr.Celebrating the 40th anniversary of her 1979 victory, Samuelson returns to race from Hopkinton to BostonīOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced today that two-time Boston Marathon champion and Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson will run this year’s Boston Marathon. Other books in the Sports Virtues series include: This book is for people of all ages, but it makes for the perfect gift from parents to children or from adult mentors to their students. Each story is followed by a small quotation from literature to amplify the meaning and application of the virtue, and each story is also followed by a series of study/review questions and other interactive activities to help the reader further understand the virtue and how to achieve it.

What emerges after reading these stories is not only a greater understanding and appreciation of the virtues that these icons needed to get through life, but also an inspiration for the reader. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach, and uses that person's story to help the reader achieve that virtue for him or herself.

As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, 'Joan Benoit Samuelson & Wilma Rudolph: Strength' discusses the struggles and triumphs of Joan Benoit Samuelson's and Wilma Rudolph's lives.

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