Champion

So proud to have met this legend (Grete Waitz) - I am pictured two people from the right of Grete (center in navy blue) (picture taken in 2004).

Grete Waitz had never run a marathon before the New York City race in October 1978. After it, her name and New York would be forever linked.
- She was the first woman of marathon
- Won the New York Marathan 8 times (the first three times setting world records)

Waitz died today at age 57 in a hospital in her native Oslo, Norway after a six-year battle with cancer. There was no word on what type of cancer felled the marathon legend, who disclosed no details about her condition after being diagnosed in 2005.