By Dena Wood
The Times
Meserve Masters a Marathon
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June 26, 2014
(l to r) Joanna Lanning, E.J. Meserve and Marci Jo Martinez are all smiles after Meserve finished his first marathon at Friday Harbor last Sunday. Lanning and Martinez participated as a team in a Sprint Triathalon the day prior.
WAITSBURG - Most 18-year-olds don't celebrate high school graduation by running a marathon -- but then most 18-year-olds aren't E.J. Meserve. On Sunday,June 22, Meserve ran as the youngest runner in the San Juan Island marathon, placing 15th out of 60 competitors. Meserve's longtime coach, Joanna Lanning and her daughter Marci Jo (Lanning) Martinez, went along to offer moral support and challenged themselves by participating in the Three Lakes Sprint Triathalon on Saturday.
"I've wanted to run a marathon since I was a sophomore but Joanna always told me no because it would interfere with cr...
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