December 8, 2014
Last year Trung Pham, S.J., assistant professor in the Department of Art and Art History, ran a half marathon. This year he went for the full monty and successfully covered all 26.2 miles in the Seattle Marathon. Fr. Pham came in at 3:57.
The SU Jesuit says temperature was a big factor. "It was so cold (28˚ F) that it gave me a perspective that hell is cold, not hot like people say it would be. When I was out in the sunlight, my body moved better, when I was in the shade, my legs got tighter. My muscles began to cramp after the 20-mile mark. I ran like a stick figure toward the finish line.
"Anyhow, I could not believe that I could do it."
Congratulations, Fr. Pham!
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