I was conversing with someone about the health of my family and it came up about my dad running the Long Beach, CA, Marathon in 1991; and, I had said I would put up a pic. We were so proud of him. The company he worked for was trying to force him into retirement by transferring him from East Coast to West Coast; well, not only did he and my mom and I go, we had a great time while there in Long Beach. We lived in Marina Pacifica, for those of u who live in SoCA. My dad who was 56, at the time, trained by running on the beach. He and I use to run together when I was in High School. I use to love running, but I never had such aspirations as running a marathon. He gave me my athleticism that I so dearly miss. It took him 5 hrs., but he finished.