Saturday, November 8, 2008

Die Running

"I've told my friends if I die here on this track do not call 911 because I do not want to be revived ... I say, wait a half an hour, maybe 45 minutes, then call the mortician. That's the way I want to go." -81 year-old Joy Johnson, who ran the NYC marathon last Sunday. What a rock star. Read the WSJ article here.

Cranberry Crawl 10k today. Wish me luck.

3 comments:

April Hartford said...

Good Luck.. .you'll do great, but a youthful, exuberant 25 year old(hope I got that one right) running a 10k doesn't quite stack up to an 81 year old lady running a marathon!

Anonymous said...

lol, point taken. although the 10k is clearly part of my training for the marathon i'll be running when i'm 81 :)

Matt D. said...

Very cool! I'm not sure croaking mid-marathon is the way I want to go, but it's an inspring story nonetheless.

Her time wasn't half bad either...I know some 20-somethings who can't run 6 hours for a marathon...it's kind of like getting beat by your great-great grandmother.