{"id":2564,"date":"2008-10-17T19:23:07","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T19:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2010-12-22T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T17:21:02","slug":"6646","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2008\/10\/17\/6646\/","title":{"rendered":"The Goal, Not the Finish, Motivates This Marathoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (October 17, 2008) \u2013 Barbara Goode is proud to say that out of the 31,401 people who finished the recent Chicago Marathon, she was number 29,531. She is, after all, 70 years old.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nGoode (top photo), a member of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npcovenant.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Park Covenant Church<\/a>, also raised more than $3,500 for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/women\/departmental-ministries\/annual-project\/break-the-chaines\" target=\"_blank\">Break the Chains<\/a> initiative to combat human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/uploads\/WR\/Ur\/WRUrUoHFbcUBc6PhFlQ_fw\/Marathon-a.jpg\" alt=\"Goode\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"left\" \/>She was one of three Chicago area residents to raise money and awareness for Break the Chains, which is sponsored by the Department of Women Ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Also running were Jim Bruckner, professor of Old Testament at North Park Theological Seminary, and Boaz Johnson, professor of biblical and theological studies at North Park University. The center photo shows Bruckner, left, and Johnson prior to the race.<\/p>\n<p>Goode completed the race in 6:15:39, which also placed her fourth of nine women in the age 70 to 75 category. \u201cI was just glad to complete it,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>This was not the toughest marathon for Goode. Her run in Greenland last year was grueling (lower photo). The course is extremely hilly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t train for that in Chicago,\u201d she says, laughing. Goode did finish the course.<\/p>\n<p>Goode has run 10 marathons. She was 40 years old when she ran her first race, which was the second Chicago Marathon. She has since run that race when she was 50 and 60 as well as this year.<\/p>\n<p>Goode also has run among the redwood trees in California. \u201cIt is so beautiful,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for last Saturday\u2019s race, Goode added roughly one mile each week to her regular training regimen. Her husband, John, would ride his bike alongside to keep her company on the long runs, and he also brought along nourishment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/uploads\/G9\/HU\/G9HUOdfaG1OWFu4XSpcvvg\/Marathon-c.jpg\" alt=\"Johnson and Bruckner\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"right\" \/>Goode decided to raise money for Break the Chains because the marathon probably is her last long-distance race, and she wanted to help Women Ministries. She received donations from family and friends, including members of the church, where she had set up an informational booth for several weeks before the event.<\/p>\n<p>Goode worked more than 30 years at Swedish Covenant Hospital as a medical social worker before retiring at age 65. She continues to work there on call, as often as needed.<\/p>\n<p>This was the second year that Johnson, 51, has raised money to help <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/humantrafficking\" target=\"_blank\">fight human trafficking<\/a>. The issue is especially close to him because friends he grew up with in a New Dehli, India, slum would suddenly disappear, having been sold into slavery.<\/p>\n<p>His Break the Chains runner\u2019s shirt was emblazoned with \u201cRace for Justice,\u201d and people running behind him kept shouting the words to him. Others asked questions about the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson says he hopes local Covenant churches will consider setting up information booths at local marathons. They also can distribute water or other items to help the runners.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/uploads\/Dr\/YT\/DrYTbCQt3c_LKepdqHfiAQ\/marathon-b.jpg\" alt=\"Greenland\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"left\" \/>Johnson, Jim Bruckner, and Jim\u2019s son, Luke, crossed the finish line together. \u201cI think that was one of my best experiences,\u201d says Johnson, 51, who has run marathons for six years to benefit different causes.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Bruckner, 51, ran to raise awareness because the lives of some childhood friends had some similarity with Johnson\u2019s friends. \u201cI grew up on the west coast of Alaska in third world conditions,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of his friends, Bruckner recalls, \u201cThey disappeared into other kinds of abuse.\u201d<br \/>\nHe notes the high rate of child abuse, neglect, alcoholism, and suicide in some of the areas. Like many of the children in India, his friends stood little chance of escaping their conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Covenanters already have registered to raise money for Break the Chains by running this weekend in marathons in Kansas City, Missouri, and Denver, Colorado. Others are signed up to run a half-marathon on November 30 in Seattle, Washington. Covenanters already have run a marathon in Bellingham, Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Athletes in any sport can become members of the Break the Chains team. For more information, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/humantrafficking\/engaging-for-transformation\/athletes-break-the-chains\" target=\"_blank\">TEAM<\/a>.<\/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=2564&#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 17, 2008) \u2013 Barbara Goode is proud to say that out of the 31,401 people who finished the recent Chicago Marathon, she was number 29,531. 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