Clarence was worried. In this race, his best might not be good enough. But he was running for a principle of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He had to win. He had never prayed to win before, but he found an empty room to kneel and pray.
Please bless me with victory in this race. The evening was rainy and muddy. As Clarence began the race, it seemed just like many other mile races he had run. The pace was fast, and the Danish champion was ahead. But as Clarence finished the third lap, suddenly he was not tired anymore. He passed the Danish champion and still went faster. And when he finished the race, he was more than 50 yards 46 m ahead of the Danish runner!
He knew he had won because Heavenly Father had answered his prayer and because the Word of Wisdom is true. Clarence F. Robison raced in the Summer Olympics and became a great college track coach. When he was young, he promised his mother he would always keep the Word of Wisdom. But he knew that Heavenly Father could help him do his best when he was clean and worthy and faithful. July Friend and Family Xiulan J. Scripture Figures Peter and Curtis B.
Rowdy to Reverent Bryant S. A Priceless Heritage Henry B. Mini Missionaries Elizabeth Child. Abraham Abraham and Me James B. He ran because he discovered the truth: Running brought him joy. He was 10 when his father died. His mother moved the family of six kids to Massachusetts, and sent DeMar to a school for orphans in Boston Harbor. He had no aptitude for football, baseball, or boxing, so he started cross-country running. In , DeMar decided to run the Boston Marathon.
He came in second. In , DeMar found a place on the Boston Marathon starting line again. The race doctors listened to his heart. And you really must stop running any more races. Two hours, 21 minutes, 39 seconds later, Clarence DeMar won. After several years away from marathoning, DeMar ran the Boston Marathon he came in third. When he returned from serving in the Army during World War I, he kept racing. He won the Boston Marathon in And in And from through The press called him DeMarvelous and Mr.
In addition to his Boston streak, he won a bronze medal in marathoning at the French Summer Olympics. No other American won an Olympic marathon medal until Spectators cheered for him wildly along his many routes. He was like Charles Lindbergh without the wings. But the truth was, DeMar hated the noise and attention. Once in Boston, he punched a drunken spectator who jumped out to shake his hand.
At another race, a driver grazed the heels of a fellow runner. DeMar won his last Boston in at the age of His record of seven wins has never been broken, and he remains the oldest winner of the event ever. Over the next 28 years, DeMar ran and ran and ran.
At 54, he still was in the top 20; at 61, in the top
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