I didn’t start out a runner in high school or college like many people I know. The seeds of my running career were planted in 1984, the year that Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics. The 1984 Summer Olympics were pretty amazing. It was the first time in history that the Games were not sponsored … Continue reading 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
Remembering the First Women’s Olympic Marathon
Watching the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio has made me remember the 1984 Summer Olympics. There were a number of iconic moments during the 1984 Games. I wrote about them back in the early days of the Funatical Runner. This blog post puts me in the mood for the next two Sundays … Continue reading Remembering the First Women’s Olympic Marathon