'I just gradually worked my way up. (I) started with 5ks, then went to 10ks, then eventually did a half-marathon. And then in 1988, I did my first marathon in New York City,' said 80-year-old Rudy Smith.
"I just gradually worked my way up. started with 5ks, then went to 10ks, then eventually did a half-marathon. And then in 1988, I did my first marathon in New York City," said 80-year-old Rudy Smith.It's a milestone weekend for runners: the 30th anniversary of the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend in Orlando, Florida.
Smith is from Greta, Louisiana, which is just outside of New Orleans. He's kept his love of running up for decades.The famed "runners high" got him hooked and inspired him to go farther and farther in his races. "It was just so beautiful. So my wife and I ran it that year. And we came back the second year and the thing began to snowball," he said of the marathon which takes runners through all four Walt Disney World Resort Parks in Orlando. "I don't think there's a marathon in the world that can match that.""I got this feeling: why don't I do one on every continent?" he said."I did London.
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