MARATHON CHALLENGES PHYSICAL FITNESS DRIVING FORCE FOR SUNDAY'S RACE PARTICIPANTS.Among the 25,000 runners runners a defective gait in foxhounds in which affected animals are unable to gallop or jump fences. in this year's L.A. Marathon Marathon (mâr`əthŏn), village and plain, ancient Greece, 20 mi (32 km) NE of Athens. Here the Athenians and Plataeans under Miltiades defeated a Persian army in 490 B.C. (see Persian Wars). , there will be some who have conquered many marathons and some who hadn't had·n't Contraction of had not. hadn't had not hadn't have even run a mile six months earlier. There will be some who realized at a young age that physical fitness was a vital part of staying healthy and some who have faced serious health problems and lived to run another race. When the L.A. Marathon kicks off this Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , many Valley residents will be in the pack. One of them will be Deo Jaravata, who not only runs himself, but helps students at San Fernando High School San Fernando High School, located in San Fernando, California, is a secondary school that is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school colors are black and gold. All girl teams are referred to as Lady Tigers, all boy teams simply as Tigers. train for the 26.2-mile marathon. He said he hopes the students take the discipline they learn through running and apply it to other parts of their lives so their futures are happy and successful. Complete story / Page 8 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Deo Jaravata, a teacher at San Fernando High School, celebrates after completing last year's L.A. Marathon. Photo by Marathon-Photos |
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