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Runners gear up for Tenneco marathon
O Three A&M students
said their sport is a
mental, as well as a
physical exercise.
By Kendra S. Rasmussen
The Batt alion
For some people, 26.2 miles is
a gallon of gas. But for at least
three Texas A&M students, it’s
the ultimate challenge.
Marathon runner Kris Os-
trand, a senior kinesiology major
who participated Sunday in her
first marathon, said she was not
in it for the competition.
“I wasn’t running to beat peo
ple,” she said, “ft was more like
the physical challenge of stretch
ing your body to its limit.”
Ostrand, whose father was a
marathon runner, said she start
ed running when she was six.
“I always knew I would run in
one,” she said. “It was just find
ing the time to train.”
Ostrand normally runs be
tween four and six miles each
day, but began running longer
distances in October to prepare
for the Houston Tenneco
marathon, a 26.2 mile race.
Twenty miles was the most she
had ever run prior to the
marathon.
Inexperience and a fresh foot
injury made Ostrand question
whether she cotdd finish the race.
“I prayed a lot,” she said. “But
after 1 ran the first two miles, I
knew I was going to finish it”
But not everyone who starts a
marathon finishes it.
Joel Korkowski, a senior aero
space engineering major, said he
had to drop out of his first
marathon, but has since complet-
d the Houston Tenneco twice.
“It was hard to quit, but I
knew I was going to try it again,”
he said.
Mary Shannon Taylor, a senior
recreation, park and tourism sci
ences major who has completed
two marathons, said hitting “the
wall” causes many runners to
drop out.
“When you hit it, you just want
to stop,” she said. “You don’t want
to run anymore. You start going
‘why in the world did 1 ever want
to run a marathon?’
Taylor said her faith and the
anticipated satisfaction of cross
ing the finish line kept her going.
“I’m not really doing it for the
competition,” she said. “I do it
more because it teaches me such
a huge lesson in life and how I
can’t rely on myself. The only
thing I can rely on is my relation
ship with Christ.”
Taylor said physical exhaus
tion is something marathon run
ners must cope with after a race.
“At the end of a marathon, it’s
the worst you have ever felt, yet
it’s the best you have ever felt,”
she said.
“Every time you run more than
six or eight miles, you’re putting
extra stress on your body,”
she said.
After her first race it took her
about two weeks to recover from
the the pain.
Despite the pain,Taylor, Os
trand and Korkowski agree that
anyone with a healthy body can
run a marathon if they have
enough desire.
“1 think anyone can do it with
proper training,” Ostrand said.
“But you have to want it. It’s defi
nitely mental.”
Korkowski said marathon run
ners share one common personali
ty trait.
“In general, everybody proba
bly has a screw or two loose who
runs a marathon,” he said.
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Kli's Ostrand, senior kinesiology major, and Mary Shannon
Taylor, junior recreation, parks and tourism major, stretch be
fore they jog. They both run in marathons.
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□ Regular inspection of gas
appliances and installation of
detectors will protect students from
carbon monoxide poisoning.
By Michelle Lyons
The Battalion
People are killed each year by a gas they can
not see or smell — carbon monoxide.
But death and illness from carbon monoxide
poisoning can be avoided by equipping homes
with detectors available at most retail stores.
Lt. Mike Ruesink, College Station fire pre
vention public education officer, said college
students would be wise to invest in carbon
monoxide detectors.
“If they have any kind of gas appliance, chim
ney or furnace, or even warm up the car in their
garage, I would definitely recommend a detec
tor,” Ruesink said.
“The detector is under $50. How much is a
life worth?”
The number of carbon monoxide-related
deaths in Bryan-College Station is low because
the warm climate leads to infrequent heater
and furnace use.
But Ruesink said that since these home appli
ances are not used often, residents do not have
them inspected, and problems go undetected.
Ruesink recalled an incident that occurred
this year in which a couple was found dead in
their bed, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.
“One couple is one too many,” he said, “And if we
have even one death, then there’s a problem.”
Carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms, simi
lar to 4he flu, include burning, watery eyes,
flushed or warm skin, nausea and dizziness.
Carbon monoxide attacks the body by entering
the blood stream and displacing oxygen. This caus
es victims to breathe rapidly, which in turn causes
them to inhale more carbon monoxide.
Victims can die if they are not given pure
oxygen or placed in a hyperbaric chamber.
Sgt. Betty Lemay of the University Police De
partment Crime Prevention Unit said many
students do not check their homes for carbon
monoxide-related problems, such as leaks.
“Students don’t realize how many people
have died,” Lemay said. “These things need to
be checked every year, but people don’t do that.”
"The detector is under $50. How
much is a life worth?"
— Lt. Mike Ruesink
College Station fire prevention
public education officer
Mike Donoho, Bryan assistant fire chief, said
people who use detectors need to be sure they
are using the equipment properly.
Detectors, which sound an alarm when low lev
els of carbon monoxide are present, emit a different
sound at higher, more dangerous levels.
People often place the devices too close to
heating vents or gas appliances to get an accu
rate reading.
The best places for detectors, Donoho said,
are hallways outside of sleeping areas.
If a detector shows high levels of carbon
monoxide, Donoho recommends calling 911.
The fire department can confirm the car
bon-monoxide level present In the home, but a
utilities professional must determine the prob
lem’s cause.
A&M, GTE to hold I
annual conference
The Center for Distance Learning
Researc h, a joint partnership between
Texas A&M and GTE, will hosl lire
annual International Distance Educa
tion Conference jan. 24-26.
The conference, at the Terraces
Hotel and Conference Center in Dal
las, will focus on the latest research in
distance education programs.
Bush satisfied with
corrections report
AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. George
W. Bush said Tuesday that he is
satisfied with an investigation that
has shown former Texas prison
chief Andy Collins committed no
wrongdoing in an inmate's al
leged prison escape plot.
On Monday, the Texas Depart
ment of Criminal lustice made
public the results of an internal
probe into Collins' official acts on
behalf of Houston businessman
Patrick Graham.
Bush said .he conferred with
TDCJ Board Chairman Allan Pol
unsky about the report.
"The chairman is convinced
that the investigation into former
director Mr. Collins and Mr. Gra
ham was full," Bush said.
"... If there is any corruption, I
want it exposed and routed out,"
he said. "We won't tolerate it in
the State of Texas."
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