Note the 'stache...This Wednesday, at 6:30pm, Dick Beardsley is coming to speak to Team Spee, at Little Mexico, a nice little Mexican food place on South 1st. Weather permitting, we'll start with a short, easy, 30-minute run at 6:30, then come back to eat, listen, and ask questions.
I urge you to check out Dick's story beforehand. It's an amazing one in so many ways, from his start in running (chicks dig letter jackets), to tying for first in the first-ever London Marathon in 1981, to the legendary Duel In the Sun at the 1982 Boston Marathon, with a time of 2:08:54, to his rising above a string of personal tragedies and chemical dependency.
We're incredibly fortunate to have this opportunity, so please do come out, and feel free to bring your significant others or kids. His fiancee, Jill, will be there, as well. She's a force of nature, herself, and they'll have copies of Dick's book, Staying The Course. Please also check out the Dick Beardsley Foundation, which provides education about and financial assistance for people to get treatment for chemical dependency.
Bring a dry shirt, and please park directly across South 1st - not in their lot (it's small), and not in the neighborhood. See you there!
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