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Lead Stories: Thursday, December 4, 2008

Shorter, Huckabee, Tergat & Kastor Among Those Honored as Runner’s World’s 2006 “Heroes of Running”

Posted November 1st, 2006 at 12:00 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results, Announcements, Running & Training

American running pioneer Frank Shorter, an Olympic gold and silver medalist in the marathon who has also helped enact important policy changes in the sport of distance running, and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, whose personal battle against obesity led him to take up running, lose 110 pounds and become a passionate national advocate for proper health and nutrition practices, are among the nine runners who are honored this year as Runner’s World magazine’s 2006 Heroes of Running.

Shorter, Huckabee and the seven other 2006 Heroes of Running are featured in the December 2006 issue of Runner’s World on newsstands everywhere October 30, and will be honored by the magazine at a gala event in New York City on Friday, November 3.

Joining Shorter and Huckabee on Runner’s World’s third annual Heroes list are: Read the rest of this entry »

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