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Chris Dopher - CBS News

The New York City marathon is 37-year-old Cris Dopher's Mount Everest.

It's even more remarkable considering Dopher's lung capacity is 30 percent less than normal.

"Maybe my body isn't built for marathon distances," Dopher told CBS News contributor Dr. Sanjay Gupta. "But to me, I need a goal."

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Thank you to all my Team Boomer team mates for the nice comments on my NYM '09 blog. I am happy that you enjoyed it.
Congratulations to everyone that completed their journey this past Sunday in New York, a journey that begun for us many months ago and ended in spectacular fashion in Central Park.
Thank you to the BEF and Team Boomer for providing us the platform to be able to raise money on behalf of a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.
I plan on continuing to train and race on behalf of Team Boomer and… Continue

Posted by Gerard "GP" Pearlberg on November 3, 2009 at 10:58am

Thursday run......

As training winds down for me and for all the runners running on Sunday in New York, today called for a 4 miler. Overcast, mid 50;s, wind out of the NE at about 10mph.. The plan was to run easy for the majority of the run with about mile at marathon effort- the conditions led to faster paces than I planned but the effort was very easy. 2 miles at 7 min pace followed by 2 miles at 6.15 pace.... Time now to stretch and relax. The run felt great and I am looking forward to Sunday. Today's run prett… Continue

Posted by Gerard "GP" Pearlberg on October 29, 2009 at 3:53pm