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Glendale Man to Finish 50 Marathons in 50 States

A trip to West Virginia Sunday will complete the goal J.D. Frailey has worked toward for years.

J.D. Frailey will never forget mile number 19 of the 1982 St. Louis Marathon. That's when when a "wave of a tingling weirdness” washed over his body. It was his first 26.2-mile race. “I was hoping to be killed by a lightning bolt,” Frailey, 60, of Glendale, said jokingly. Frailey completed the race in 3 hours, 21 minutes, despite taking walks after his body hit the wall. Afterward, he swore he would never run a marathon again. But the runner has broken that promise to himself 49 times. On Sunday, Frailey will travel to Huntington, West Virginia, to finish a goal that he's spent years working toward: run 50 marathons in 50 states. Assuming he completes the 2012 Marshall University Marathon, Frailey, a management consultant and motivational …

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Death Valley Runner Raises $43K for Kids

Tim Burke, who works at Edward Jones in Des Peres, completed a 146-mile ultramarathon in Death Valley to help kids in need.

Life in the Sandwich

LIFE IN THE SANDWICH: A Race to Remember

Weeks of training has led to the big show this weekend.

A tense excitement for this weekend’s athletic activity is overflowing the streets of St. Louis. Many have trained for years to reach this goal. Praise, accolades and fanfare will greet the winners, because that’s what it feels like to cross the finish line of a marathon – a big win.  Yes, the inaugural Solutia Rock and Roll Marathon and Half Marathon will run on the streets of downtown St. Louis Sunday. Is there some other exciting athletic event taking place this weekend too? Oh, right, the World Series - Go Cards - blah, blah, blah.  Of course the World Series is exciting too, but I haven’t been training 12 weeks to win the World Series, so I’m rather less excited and nervous about that event than my own. I know I can complete the half …

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