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I'M A RUNNER: SARAH PALIN
Runners World ^ | August 2009 issue of Runner's World | Dan Simmons

Posted on 06/30/2009 10:12:49 AM PDT by curth

From the August 2009 issue of Runner's World

When did you start running? I grew up in a running family. My parents caught the running craze in the mid '70s and we grew up doing family runs. I've been running now easy for 35 years.

Do you remember your first race? My dad was a track coach and he'd get all the neighborhood kids together and take us to Anchorage for track meets when we were very young. Anchorage is 50 miles from Wasilla. And ever since we were little we'd do 10-K races as family fun runs.

So you grew up running with your siblings? Yes, and my siblings and parents were better runners than I. My mom and dad were marathoners and one of my sisters is a marathoner. Dad ran Boston a couple times, mom would win her age group or at least get a ribbon in the big races, and I would just try to keep up.

Sounds like your skills were more suited to basketball? Well, I appreciated the fact that in running I needed guts more than anything. I could do fine just being really determined. I was thankful that I didn't need a whole lot of skills to run.

And running was your first athletic activity, even before basketball? Yes. My parents instilled in us that fitness and running were going to be a part of our lives growing up. My siblings and I are all still very active. A lot of days I look forward to getting out to run and think and plan.

Was there ever a period when you didn't run? Only when I was too pregnant to run. During each of my five pregnancies I worked out until right before the babies were born.

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KEYWORDS: alaska; athletes; palin; running
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A good positive article on the Governor Of Alaska.
1 posted on 06/30/2009 10:12:49 AM PDT by curth
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To: curth

My wife is a marathon runner and this is just one more reason why she loves Sarah.


2 posted on 06/30/2009 10:14:59 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: curth

I’m ready for Sarah to run.


3 posted on 06/30/2009 10:15:22 AM PDT by Maelstorm (Sarah Palin 2012 (Who else in the GOP is man enough?))
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To: euram; william clark; Clyde5445; brushcop; JApost; gimme1ibertee; bray; curth; Kandy Atz; ...

Palin PING!

Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.

4 posted on 06/30/2009 10:16:19 AM PDT by SolidWood (Down with the islamic regime! Freedom for Iran!)
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To: Maelstorm

Heck, I’m ready for her to take the oath of office!


5 posted on 06/30/2009 10:18:58 AM PDT by Laura Earl
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To: curth

6 posted on 06/30/2009 10:19:04 AM PDT by jessduntno (July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
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To: jessduntno

I tell you what, Sarah looks amazing no matter wear she is. Not like the Evil one


7 posted on 06/30/2009 10:21:18 AM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (We the people, ..... never)
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To: BornToBeAmerican

should have said ‘where’


8 posted on 06/30/2009 10:21:48 AM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (We the people, ..... never)
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To: BornToBeAmerican

should have said ‘where’

both work for me...no matter what she wears or where she wears it...


9 posted on 06/30/2009 10:22:41 AM PDT by jessduntno (July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
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To: curth

She lists Van Halen and AC/DC among her favorite running tunes. Yet another thing for me to like about her. :)


10 posted on 06/30/2009 10:23:11 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Whoever coined the term "foolproof" underestimated the ingenuity and determination of fools.)
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To: curth
This hits home...and now my daughters and son are runners too!

Katherine

Katherine Jenerette

Benjamin Jenerette

11 posted on 06/30/2009 10:23:48 AM PDT by kjenerette (www.jenerette.org - U.S. Army Paratrooper - U.S. Congress 2010)
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To: curth
From the article...


12 posted on 06/30/2009 10:32:44 AM PDT by avacado
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To: avacado

Not Guilty


13 posted on 06/30/2009 10:34:29 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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To: kjenerette

Ma’am, we thank you for your service and it an honor to have you here.


14 posted on 06/30/2009 10:35:09 AM PDT by katana
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To: avacado

I just wanna murder the republicans who stayed home.


15 posted on 06/30/2009 10:36:19 AM PDT by txhurl (Put the pressure on and keep it on until this administration snaps.)
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To: avacado

WOW! She’s Governor-licious! In a few years she’ll become the hottest president the world has ever seen. And I predict she’ll be a good and fair leader.


16 posted on 06/30/2009 10:40:16 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Palin/Netanyahu 2012 ))))
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To: avacado
Poor Kathleen Parker, she just knows this will make Rich Lowry see star-bursts again.
17 posted on 06/30/2009 10:40:44 AM PDT by redk
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To: avacado

Oh, yeah!

If that politics thing doesn’t work out, she could always become a pinup model!


18 posted on 06/30/2009 10:42:04 AM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: Two Kids' Dad
From Wayne's World:

"If she was president, she'd be Babe-raham Lincoln."

19 posted on 06/30/2009 10:42:27 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: avacado

Hotness!

If she were President she would be Baberaham Lincoln.


20 posted on 06/30/2009 10:43:15 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Eschew exclamatory abuse.)
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