Faith and Miracles - Running New York City Marathon With Chilean Miner - Edison Pena

This Sunday November7,2010,I will be running my 14th ew York City Marathon. This is a very special run in that I will be joining43,000 other runners including my friend Damian Gurganious and his wife Nicole,2008 contestants in"The Biggest Loosers Couple".I also hope to meet and run with"The Running Miner"Edison Pena,who ran an 6miles a day with a pallet tied around his waist for resistance and is one of the 32Chilean miners rescued on October13,2010. As he squeezed into the rescue capsule and begun his ascent out of the ground that almost claimed his life,more than a billion people watched as he and his comrades came to the surface and breathed fresh new air for the first time in69 days of captivity.The world now knows 34yr old Edison Pena,not only as a man of deep faith, but also as runner No.12 and my FaceBook friends and fans now know me as runner21-629.My last marathon was in 2002,that along with less training may result with this being my slowest race4-5hours as my best time is2:58 which I ran in 1989 when I was 49yrs young:)That time gave me elite runner status.After a long wait,world champion Haile Gebrselassie and followers of the sport of long distance running will experience the excitement of Africans competing against each other for the status as the worlds best marathoners.Defending champion Meb Keflezighi of Eritrea and a U.S citizen since 1998.Two-time Mens New York victor Marilson Gomes Dos Santos of Brazil be in contention and Derartu Tulu from Ethiopia in the womens division will defend her 2010 title.I plan to train next year to reach that level again in two years orless. Along with celebrating good health and life,I am running in honor of my wife, SpiritChange who has recovered from Diabetes( November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. http://ndep.nih.gov//media/DPP_FactSheet.pdf )and my sister,Donice Seas-bey,who is in remission from Cancer To view my marathon run start to finish go to www.wesleygray.org Peace,love and abundant blessings