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Lead Stories: Friday, August 29, 2008

Special Half-Marathon Entries To Benefit Fallen Marathoner

Posted March 27th, 2008 at 3:00 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

The officially sold-out Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon, which is held in conjunction with Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minn., will offer additional entries through an online auction to benefit the family of the fallen marathoner, Wesly Ngetich, who was killed during the violence in Kenya earlier this year. Ngetich won Grandma’s Marathon twice in 2005 and 2007.

“Wesly was a great champion for our event, so assisting his family is the very least we can do,” said Scott Keenan, executive director of Grandma’s Marathon. “Our donations can’t bring him back, but hopefully they can bring some financial relief to his family members as they struggle through this difficult time.”
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Daughter of Legendary Boxer Floyd Patterson to Run ING New York City Marathon

Posted October 17th, 2007 at 11:30 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Jennifer Patterson-Jankowski, daughter of famed boxer Floyd Patterson, will run the ING New York City Marathon 2007, 24 years after her father finished the marathon in 1983.

Patterson began his boxing career at age 10 in upstate New York at a reform school. He went on to win the middleweight gold medal in Helsinki, Finland, at the 1952 Olympic Games. In 1956, Patterson became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion and the first Olympic gold medalist to win a World Heavyweight title. In June 1960, Patterson became the first boxer to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.

Before he lost his battle to prostate cancer on May 11, 2006, Patterson began putting together some preliminary efforts to establish a chapel for troubled youth in Highland, NY, 15 miles from his home. Patterson never had the opportunity to finish the chapel; however, before his death Patterson-Jankoswki promised she would finish the project in her lifetime.

Patterson-Jankowski will run the ING New York City Marathon in honor of her father, the man who inspired her to begin running after she saw him cross the finish line in New York in 1983.
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Studies: Exercise can make your brain larger

Posted April 5th, 2007 at 3:00 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: Health & Fitness, Exercise

Regular exercise makes your brain larger, according to a study from the University of Illinois (Journal fo Gerontology, November 2006).

With aging, your brain becomes smaller. This study showed that 60 to 79-year-old men who exercised regularly actually had their brains grow larger. Study participants who did only a stretching and toning program had their brains shrink.
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