After a decades-long career and inspiring a movement that helped millions of people achieve their running goals, Jeff Galloway passed away at age 80.
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a70444018/jeff-galloway-dies-at-80/
I first started running in 2002 with the goal of finishing the New York City Marathon. During my initial couple of years running, and my first two marathons, I was doing my own thing with trying to increase stamina and, to a small extent, speed. It was enough to enable me to finish, but not without a LONG recovery time.
After the 2003 and 2004 NYC Marathons, I thought I was done running marathons, until I started back up with the 2012 Goofy Challenge and then 2012 Marine Corps Marathon. That was then I heard about run/walk and decided to try it for myself. And, lo and behold, in a relatively short amount of time, I was able to drop the extra time and break the elusive 4-hour barrier.
I continued to find additional ways to be a stronger runner and drop even more time, but I will always be thankful to Jeff Galloway for providing me the method to achieve my first big marathoning goal after I got hooked on running marathons.
R.I.P.
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