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Mitchell Eagerly Anticipates 1987 Marathon By Loretta Manage Post Managing Editor The Charlotte Observer Marathon is over. For the thousands of individuals who participated in the marathon as runners, the most lingering of remind ers may be swollen feet, strained ligaments, and a pair of worn jogging shoes. For Mattie Mitchell, there was the eager anti cipation of next year's race. That was what she was left with. “When I tell my friends and co-workers that I plan to run in next year’s race, they look at me like I’m crazy,” responded Mitchell. The 1985 marathon was the seoond marathon race Ms. Mitchell competed in. _ She completed the 28.2 miles in five hours. The first time she ran the 28.2 mile course, her finishing time was four hours and 14 minutes. “Once folks find out that I did better in the first marathon than I did in the second one they . im mediately want to know what happened." According to Mitchell, a lot of things happened. “But the major difference between the two races #as Mattie Mitchell .Runs to stay fit my training. In the first well as I did the previous marathon I trained IS year. I was just mainly weeks. This year, I wasn’t concerned about finish able to put as much time in ing." running because of job re- What else played a fac sponsibilities; therefore, I ter in the time difference V only trained seven weeks. I the two marathons was the knew when I entered the "wall” that many runners race that I would not do as talk about. This is the point a runner reacbee whan he is physically unable to keep naming and his mind literally takes over and pushes him on. • I hit the wall faster this time than I did last year. This year, that critical point came on Randolph Road, whereas, last year I was on Morehead St. be fore I hit the wall.” There is approximately a differ ence of three miles be tween those two points*Ms. Mitchell added, that had it not been for the spec tators on the side of the road who gave her encou ragement by calling her name, by playing the theme song to "Rocky” which gave her an extra surge to continue or by giving her fruit and a stick of chewing gum, she would not have been able to make it. But Ms. Mitchell (fid make it. Despite the chaf ing she was experiencing on her thighs, despite a leg injury she had received awhile bade, and despite the pain in her toes, Ms. Mitchell made it all the way to the finishing line, while dose friends and re latives patiently waited upon her to nuke the mark. Looking back at this re-, cent experience, Ms. Mitchell has determined to run the next mara thon under four hours. "I ' found out that if you don’t break four hours, you don’t have a throng of 'people waiting to cheer you on. There’s no one there to assist you by giving you - first aid or the silver blanket to warm you. Unless you have a strong desire to run for yourself, you’ll find yourself want ing to break four hours in order to get the VIP treat ment. I know if I wasn’t a dedicated runner, I would not go out there again and' not have any one pulling for me.” ] Ms. Mitchell, however, is a dedicated runner. She has been running for seven years and averages 40 miles a week. "Now, it seems, that I have to run longer to get the same sense of feeling good like I did when I first started running. For me, running is a part of my routine. I thoroughly enjoy it and recommend that more women and youth get in volved in the sport. Basi cally, I run to keep fit, I want to fight obesity, hy pertension, diabetes-all of which are diseases that run in my family and I honestly feel that running helps." What Ms. Mitchell is also finding out is that through running she gains more than just a fit body. “I am more confident about my self. I wort out a lot of problems while I rim and I’m more conscious of the kinds of footb that I sat." A media specialist at Olde Providence Road Ele mentary School, Ms. . Mitchell is already look ing towards next year’s marathon. This time, though, she will train two to three months in advance of the race and will, average approximately SO to 60 miles per week. Part of that mileage will include a long run of 12miles which Ms. Mitdiall suggested was a good idea for anyone considering doing a ma wSg^SSfra^' Ms. Mitchell sees herself staying within a three and a half to four hour time frame.' 1+ “I Just want to run until tny legs won’t go any more. ■ ^V H|fl^ M V^ ENOUGH ALONE. Moat people would be hra rc-styfcd body tamed at bringir* to build a car with an average fife the aerodynamics of the 240 to expectancy of 15A years? a new low. 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She has already, made several steps tn that direction, one of which was her recent win in the local vocal competition of the Charlotte Chapter of the National Association of Negro Business and Pro fessional Women. With a tremendous faith in God and support from her pa rents. Kimberly Is well on Continued Prom Page 1A for dearly five years, the U7-meiQber congregation contacted Rev. Logan at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Norfolk where he was preaching and invited him here. “My reception was both warm and accepting. South Tryon has loved me apd my family to death and we’re I eating it up." Rev. Logan and his wife, Valeri, are the parents of one daughter, Jaime. Now that Rev. Lo gan has assumed the pas toral duties, once again South Tryon is experienc ing a surge in growth. At 29, Rev. Logan may be considered a babe in the ministry by some; how ever, spiritual growth is something that can never be categorized by age. “I certainly don’t feel as green as I did when I ftfst began pa storing. There were the normal problems of being thought too young, of dealing with the elderly who felt that they should be ministering to me and of wanting to do too much, too soon. However, I quickly got over all of that. These are things that the semin ary doesn’t teach you. The seminary gives you book knowledge. You learn these other things by trial and error. Gratefully, I learned how to be a pastor at my first parish.’* One thing’s for sure Rev. Logan has always known that he has wanted to be a minister. “I may have wanted to combine a couple of professions, But the ministry has always been one of them.” The <jpiy time that Rev. Logan swayed from the idea of being • minister was when be was in col lege. “At one point in col lege, I started thinking about getting a good edu cation, a good Job and making some money. There was always some people who said that the only thing that a black man could do was to preach and I guess I was fighting that myth too. But the Lord told me that lie had something for me to do. So, by the time I got to seminary I had a lot more confidence about who I was, what I was doing and the task set before me. I realised that the ministry was a special task and I was in it be cause I was qualified, called and had special gifts to offer.” Kiev. Logan graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio and Princeton Theolo gical Seminary in New Jersey. 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OUT or sTATti-aoo-oa-sm IS r ;^^H B # m A two-day workshop fo cusing on methods of mul tiple printing will be held at Spirit Square Arts Center, 110 E. 7th St., on January 24-25. The Friday evening ses sion, which will be held from 7-10 p.m., will be devoted to a discussion of aesthetic topics and a look at the works of innovators in this Held. Students should have a basic knowledge of black and white printing; they will be required to biing their own paper to the workshop. For more information or to register, contact Spirit Square at 373-M64. 3: THANK YOU FOR READING The Charlotte Po*t PONTIAC FIERO PONTIAC OOOO (4CYL.0NLY) Ig PONTIAC GRAND PRIX PONTIAC BONNEVILLE IN STOCK! The City of Charlotte will receive bids for TRADE STREET BOULEVARD-LANDSCAPING until 2:00 p.m. on the 30th day of January, 1986 In the fourth floor conference room of the Cameron-Brown Building, SM South McDowell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28204, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aldud. Bids are invited on the several items and quantities of work as follows: Grading Planting 'dfrfi ^ Contract documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, are on file at the office of the City Engineer at 301 South McDowell Street, the local A.G.C. office, and the Dodge Plan Room. Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained by paying 828.00 to the City of Charlotte for each set of documents obtained. A certified cheek or bank draft, payable to the order of the City of Charlotte, negotiable U.S. Government bonds (at par value), or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to five par cent ($ per cent) of the total bid shall be submitted with each bid. Attention is called to the fact that the contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sax, or national origin. Bids may be held by the City of Charlotte for a period not to exceed sixty (00) days from the date of the opening of bids for the purpose of reviewiig the bids and investigating the qualifications of bidden, prior to awarding of the Contract. The City of Charlotte reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any InformaHUes in the bidding. All Bidders are thereby notified that they must have proper licenses a* required by 8taU law at the time of submittal of bids. Bidders are advised that this contract contains provisions requiring the contractor to document that sufficient good faith offorts have boon made to provide equal opportunity for Minority and Woman Business Enterprises to participate in the subcontracting and material supplier opportunities available under this contract CITY OF CHARLOTTE OWENBELL WHITE • CITY MANAGER > * y, Are you thinking about continuing your college education? If so, you may be interested In taking courses at UNCC as a special (non-degree) student on a space available basis. Some classed are already filled to capacity, especially classes in Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science and Mathematics. For your cenvenlence, mm suggest that you telephone the appropriate college dean s office on or after January 15 to find out if there is space available in — in which you are interested. This information will not be available until then. The telephone numbey of each college is listed bdow. Toregistwr y<*i will need to come to the Office of Admissions in the fteeee Building, beginning Wednesday, January 15, but no later than Tuesday, January 21, Office hours arji 8 a.m. to 8:90 p.m. dally except Fridays when the office closes etSp.m Architecture.... Arts $t Sciences . <V Business Administration . Engineering . . 1 Education .. Nursing •3* x&WrmmWm UNOC ia the only comprehenslv aiate university serving ine southern Piedmont region. We are North Carolina's fourth largest university with an snrollmeat el imm. •'Wr enroll more trsnafer students any other North Carolina school, and we have a large number of non traditional and dommutiog students
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