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Gail Weede’s Beaver Island run inspires her Columbus Marathon finish, 1993

Also 1993 Beaver Island Run

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TypeEvent
Date1993-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1993-10
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

Gail Weede described a fall training run around Beaver Island’s bay and connected its landscape and weather to her later completion of the Columbus Marathon.

Evidence limits

This is a first-person published account, not a race result database or route measurement.

Sources

  1. Describes Weede’s nature-centered run around the bay as marathon training and says the Beaver Island experience helped renew her spirit for completing the Columbus Marathon. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1993-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seventeen-page issue scan confirms the running account.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Gail Weede’s Beaver Island run inspires her Columbus Marathon finish, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-run-gail-weede-marathon-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1993, “The Beaver Island Run.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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