{"id":10273,"date":"2007-10-15T09:21:15","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T14:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10273"},"modified":"2011-08-09T09:21:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T14:21:48","slug":"5885","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/10\/15\/5885\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspective: Marathon More Than Just a Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (October 15, 2007) \u2013 Barbara Pement, 54, diabetic, and 90  pounds overweight, was determined to finish the recent heat-swamped  LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon as she ran to support World Vision.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Organizers  stopped the October 7 race because the nearly 90-degree temperatures  and high humidity were dropping runners, and there were not enough  emergency vehicles to meet the need. More than 300 people were taken to  area hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Pement, the wife of North Park Theological  Seminary student Eric Pement, used to run several miles a day 20 years  ago, but had stopped when life got too hectic. She now runs 16-minute  miles at her best, a dramatic improvement from when she began training  in February. Then, she took more than 30 minutes to complete the same  distance.<\/p>\n<p>Pement, had covered at least 13 miles of the course  when organizers shut down the race and rerouted the runners. \u201cIt was a  disappointment,\u201d she says. \u201cThe police would not let us (keep going) and  diverted us back toward Grant Park where we were to cross the finish  line sooner than we normally would have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When she did get near  the finish line, one of the volunteers tried to remove the device  runners wear on their shoes to track their progress. Pement refused to  give it to her and found another volunteer who directed her to the end  of the course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched other runners running or walking their  way in,\u201d Pement says. \u201cWhen I saw the time, I considered waiting another  hour so that it would be closer to what I would have accomplished. But  it was too hot for that, so I accepted the finishing time \u2013 5:12:23. She  had covered 18 miles.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, she had her medal engraved with the words from Psalm 119:165 &#8211; <em>Great peace have those that love your law and nothing causes them to stumble.<\/em> Pement says, \u201cI remembered that from my pastor who encouraged me when I  fell and was injured during one of the 20-mile training runs back in  September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pement says she plans on running again next year. \u201cI  had fun, and I have gotten rid of so many clothes and am still losing  inches. It is nice to get rid of clothes because they are too big!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She  is not the only person to benefit from her work. She raised money for  World Vision\u2019s work to support orphans in Africa whose parents died of  AIDS. People still can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstgiving.com\/PEMENT\" target=\"_blank\">give to the organization<\/a> via her website established for the run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=10273&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (October 15, 2007) \u2013 Barbara Pement, 54, diabetic, and 90 pounds overweight, was determined to finish the recent heat-swamped LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon as she ran to support World Vision. 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