RUN, WALK, RUN: Slow and steady wins the race when training for the Miami Marathon.

From: Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) | Date: January 23, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Desonta Holder

Jan. 23--If you're not a runner, you probably couldn't run a mile without huffing and puffing. Marissa Stevenson couldn't. That was before she joined the TeamFootWorks training program, signed up for the ING Miami Marathon and shrank from a size 6 to a size 2. "The thought of a marathon -- 26.2 miles -- was impossible," says Stevenson, 28, of Miami. But could she walk one minute and run one minute for 26.2 miles? Or run five minutes and walk one mi...

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