I hope my throat that is a tad sore is just from allergies and nothing serious. (yikes)
I hope my hip feels great after a nice run and some stretching.
I have two things that inspired me today.....first is this quote by a Priscilla Welch.
I didnt know of her until today.... but here is the quote and the amazing story behind her
"If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.”
The above quote is from Priscilla Welch... never heard of her? Me either! :) check out her amazing story:
Priscilla June Welch (born November 22, 1944 in Bedford, England) was a British marathon runner. She had a most unlikely career in international athletics, having been a smoker of a pack a day until she began running competitively at age 35. An officer in the British Army, Welch met her husband Dave while serving in Norway. She quit smoking, and under his tutelage, she ran in the 1980 London Marathon at age 35.
Four years later, she qualified for the British Olympic team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In the first women's Olympic marathon, Welch finished sixth, remarkable for someone who was nearly 40 years old. On her 40th birthday, Welsh qualified for the masters division and began setting age group world records.
In 1987, she won the New York Marathon with a 2:30:17. This was coupled with her second place finish in London where she set an age group world record running a 2:26:51, good for the sixth fastest time in the world for 1987. She was criticised for passing up the chance to win a medal at the World Championships in Rome that year. Welch set the age group world record in Boston by running a 2:30:48 in 1988. This record stood for 14 years.
Welch continued to run until a 1992 bout with breast cancer curtailed her career. She currently resides in Bend, Oregon, with family living in Northampton, England.
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