James Owen, sophomore PE major, left today for Galveston where he will compete tomorrow in the American National Marathon. The race begins at 11 a.m. and is 26 miles and 385 yards long.
Owen has been training for the race for the past month, and has run the 26 mile distance several times in practice.
“Sometimes my knees begin to freeze up around the 15th mile,” Owen said, “but if that happens Saturday, I’ll just keep on running.”
A large number of runners from around the country have entered; some of them are 1976 Olympic Marathon hopefuls. Owen, however, has said that this is the last race of his running career.
“It’s time to move on to other things,” he said.