MARATHON CHALLENGES PHYSICAL FITNESS DRIVING FORCE FOR SUNDAY'S RACE PARTICIPANTS.Among the 25,000 runners in this year's L.A. Marathon, there will be some who have conquered many marathons and some who hadn't 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. Rod Dixon Rodney ("Rod") Phillip Dixon (born July 13, 1950 in Nelson, New Zealand) is a former middle and long distance runner from New Zealand. He won the bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, and in 1983 won the prestigious New York City Marathon. , 55, of North Hollywood knows his way around a marathon. He was the marathon bronze medalist in the 1972 Olympics Olympics Sports medicine An international competition among (traditionally) nonprofessional athletes trained in a particular summer or winter sport, which is held every 4 yrs in a selected city. See Paralympics, Special Olympics, World Medical Games. and took first place in the 1983 New York City Marathon The New York City Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run over a 42,195 m (26.2 mile) course through all five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon race in the world, and with 37,866 finishers in 2006, was also the largest marathon race ever run. . Now he brings his knowledge and skills to help thousands train for the L.A. Marathon, taking people who couldn't even jog and helping them realize their potential to finish a 26.2-mile race. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Olympic medalist An Olympic medalist is the winner of a medal in one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal: gold, silver and bronze. Some countries, besides supporting all their Olympic athletes, pay sums of money and gifts to medal winners depending on the classes and number of Rod Dixon of North Hollywood helps train runners for the L.A. Marathon, some of whom haven't run a mile in their lives. Dixon recently ran a 10K Race in Torrance with some of his runners in training. He ran with his wife, Debra (right), who was participating in her first race. Mark Kellam/Valley News |
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