Spring Break
Running with a melody
Eastern music department chair trains for the Napa Valley Marathon
Nicole Nicolas/ Features Reporter
Issue date: 12/8/04 Section: News
The closer it gets to a marathon, Roger Stoner lays awake at night counting each heart beat, making sure he is prepared for the race.
He counts 50 heart beats per minute, right on track.
He trained four months for the Napa Valley Marathon this past March. To prepare for the race, he ran a total of 700 to 800 miles on the indoor track and on treadmills at Eastern's recreation center.
Three weeks before the race, one slippery patch of ice sent Eastern's chair of the music department falling to the ground to hit his shoulder on the edge of the step, causing his shoulder to break.
Shere Stoner, his wife, said he became discouraged and went from running 60 miles a week to nothing.
Four months later, he's back from therapy and ready to start preparing for the Columbus Marathon in October in Ohio.
Two weeks before the October race, Stoner hurt his knee while running which prevented him from competing in the marathon. He said he started running too long and too much too early. Stoner built up his cardiovascular system while swimming, so his heart was in good shape. But he hadn't run enough for his knees to be in as good shape as his heart, he said.
Now, once again, Stoner is working toward running in the Napa Valley Marathon, the race he could not run before because of his injured shoulder.
"That's the musician in him, because he has the self motivation to run," Shere Stoner said.
Stoner's value of life changed drastically when his sister's kidney started to fail for the second time, Shere Stoner said.
"(His sister) has been living on borrowed time," Shere Stoner said
Roger Stoner has the same resilience inside of him that has kept his sister fighting for her life, Shere Stoner said.
"The word 'defeat' just isn't in his vocabulary," Shere Stoner said.
All his workouts and his eating habits come down to two moments: running in the Napa Valley Marathon and qualifying for the Boston Marathon.
He counts 50 heart beats per minute, right on track.
He trained four months for the Napa Valley Marathon this past March. To prepare for the race, he ran a total of 700 to 800 miles on the indoor track and on treadmills at Eastern's recreation center.
Three weeks before the race, one slippery patch of ice sent Eastern's chair of the music department falling to the ground to hit his shoulder on the edge of the step, causing his shoulder to break.
Shere Stoner, his wife, said he became discouraged and went from running 60 miles a week to nothing.
Four months later, he's back from therapy and ready to start preparing for the Columbus Marathon in October in Ohio.
Two weeks before the October race, Stoner hurt his knee while running which prevented him from competing in the marathon. He said he started running too long and too much too early. Stoner built up his cardiovascular system while swimming, so his heart was in good shape. But he hadn't run enough for his knees to be in as good shape as his heart, he said.
Now, once again, Stoner is working toward running in the Napa Valley Marathon, the race he could not run before because of his injured shoulder.
"That's the musician in him, because he has the self motivation to run," Shere Stoner said.
Stoner's value of life changed drastically when his sister's kidney started to fail for the second time, Shere Stoner said.
"(His sister) has been living on borrowed time," Shere Stoner said
Roger Stoner has the same resilience inside of him that has kept his sister fighting for her life, Shere Stoner said.
"The word 'defeat' just isn't in his vocabulary," Shere Stoner said.
All his workouts and his eating habits come down to two moments: running in the Napa Valley Marathon and qualifying for the Boston Marathon.
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