Patti

[geds]

You're not supposed keep getting Lyme Disease! What are doing? Have you checked your bed for ticks?

[Leftfielder]

http://rwdaily.runnersworld.com/2011...dreamland.html

[MoMoNoMo]

Originally Posted by patti

Speaking of MoMo...here you go MoMo...under 20 dollars gift ideas...

http://www.parade.com/gift-guide/hol...ifts-2011.html

Great stuff, Patti, thanks! (Though I think I might have to skip the Doris Day idea... does that make me a bad American?)

[geds]

Originally Posted by MoMoNoMo

Great stuff, Patti, thanks! (Though I think I might have to skip the Doris Day idea... does that make me a bad American?)

Que sera sera....

[Crystazul]

Originally Posted by patti

Hi Crystazul!

Question...I'm a sticky?

Don't think we have met but I was told by an anonymous source that this thread as the heart of this forum should have been stuck, and here we are...

[wineturtle]

Originally Posted by Crystazul

Don't think we have met but I was told by an anonymous source that this thread as the heart of this forum should have been stuck, and here we are...

Hall of Famer Patti Dillon:
Former queen of the roads

There's never been a Honolulu Marathon women's champion quite like Patti Dillon.
Feisty and defiant in competition, yet vivacious and engaging with her fans, Dillon was once America's sweetheart of the marathon.
She was a media magnet, ferocious and quotable.
In an April 14 feature by Douglas Perry in the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Dillon recalled her racing philosophy: "If you were going to beat me, you were going to have to spit blood."
Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of the Boston and New York City marathons, called her "a high-energy gal with an infectious personality and heart of gold."
Dillon held both U.S. and world records during her reign over U.S. road races, but never won the event she loved the most: the Boston Marathon.
Having grown up in nearby Quincy, Mass., it was her fondest dream to win the world's oldest and most prestigious marathon.

But between 1979 and 1981 she finished second in heartbreaking defeats. Nonetheless two of her four U.S. records in the marathon were set in Boston defeats.

But in Honolulu, she was queen. She set course records every time she won between 1978 and 1981. To this day, Dillon, who raced as Patti Lyons and then Patti Lyons Catalano back in those days, is the only woman to ever win four straight Honolulu Marathons. She's also the only woman to ever set four straight course records. Holland's Carla Beurskens won eight times here but never was able to string together four in a row.
Tonight (Thursday) at the Oahu Country Club, Dillon will be inducted into the Honolulu Marathon Hall of Fame and take her place alongside Beurskens. Rodgers, and two other former Boston Marathon winners, Alberto Salazar and Greg Meyer, will be on hand to witness the induction.
When she first won in Honolulu Dillon was a relatively unknown runner. It was only her fourth marathon and she got here by chance.
She'd lost to Julie Brown in a Nike race in Eugene, Oregon. The race awarded Brown a free trip to the Honolulu Marathon.
"I didn't even know the first prize was a trip to Hawaii," said Dillon.
"I went back east and got a call a week later telling me that Brown would pass on the trip and asking if I would like to go in her place."
She'd already run three marathons in four months but she accepted immediately. When Dillon arrived at the race and saw a plaque with course record holder Kim Merritt's (Wisconsin) name on it, she thought, "Hey, I want one of those." She earned one in stunning fashion.
Dillon deposed both defending champion Cindy Dalrymple of Hawaii and the course record by a minute and 34 seconds with a 2:43:10 finish.
"Then someone said to me, 'You know they invite the winner back,' and I thought, 'wow!' " she recalled.
Dillon said that first win in paradise was the boost her career needed. It allowed her to recognize her potential in the marathon and she embarked upon deadly serious training. That attitude led her to give up cigarette smoking and junk food for good.
Dillon set American records for 5 miles, 10 kilometers, 15 kilometers, 10 miles, 20 kilometers and the marathon, and world records for the half marathon, 20 kilometers, 30 kilometers and 5 miles.
She lowered the Honolulu course record to 2:40:07 in 1979, to 2:35:26 in 1980 and finally to 2:33:24 in 1981.
Ironically it was a back injury she suffered at Sandy Beach after her fourth win here that started her career on a downward spiral.
In 1979, Dillon, who always ran cautiously to start every Honolulu race, passed Dalrymple at about 10 miles and took more than 3 minutes off her own record. "I threw up the last few miles, and didn't miss a step," she said.
In 1980 she broke the American record three times before coming to Honolulu and breaking the course record a third time.
"The third one was in the pouring rain," said Dillon. "I couldn't even breathe it was raining so hard at times."
Her 1981 race was fueled by emotion, an energy Dillon always knew how to harness. Her marriage to husband/coach Joe Catalano was breaking up. She had left him at the airport and continued on with her sister. "I gather my courage from running," she said.
Dillon was anxious to break the American record a fourth time. She'd most recently set it at 2:29:53 in the New York City Marathon.
But she as still under the influence of Catalano and followed his urging to save her record push for Boston the following April.
To vent her anxiety she did three two-hour runs the week before the Honolulu Marathon, and then broke the course record again.. That record held up until Beurskens broke it in 1986.
At the 1981 Boston Marathon Dillon set her final U.S. marathon record in 2:27:51. "When I ran in Honolulu I raced the sun," she said. "I just tried to keep the sun off my face, and tried not to let my inner core heat up too soon."
She said the Honolulu Marathon course demands the "utmost respect."
"You just can not go out fast," said Dillon. "You can't run stupid."
Dillon was asked in recent years if she was glad she didn't have to run against incredible women marathoners like current world record holder Paula Radcliffe of England and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya.
They run 9 to 10 minutes faster than Dillon's best effort at 26.2 miles.
"I was annoyed by the question," said Dillon who counts 1984 Olympic marathon champion Joan Benoit and middle distance legend Mary Decker Slaney among the greats she's beaten on the roads. "You always rise to the level of whatever the standard is."
Rodgers said Dillon is in a special class with Benoit, a former Olympic gold medalist and world record holder.
"I still think of her and Joanie as the top two American marathoners of all time," said Rodgers.

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AMERICA'S LEGENDS OF RUNNING

[geds]

You would think if you are that fast, you could out run those little ticks and viruses that keep bringing you down!

May I suggest a good antivirus software such as Malwarebytes (free) or Trend Micro? I don't have any trouble from this site. I don't visit Let's Run very often though....

[geds]

Originally Posted by patti

is that a deer tick on your shoulder?

Are you feeling better yet?

[geds]

Originally Posted by patti

ok, just so ya know...the cats are drawn to hubby... he says it's because.."they are now compadre's because they both have whiskers"...

its because you have ticks!

Seriously, I hope you get better in time to go full out at Christmas!

[Spider]

I think the trick to beards is a lot of us look good with 5-8 days growth. But it is hard to maintain just that precise amount. Takes work. Shaving everyday is in some ways easier.