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    Former softball player prepare for NYC Marathon

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Are there and here's a font slash am Dave Briggs you're an end I'm Clayton Morris -- -- -- she's retired.

-- fastball that Jennie Finch is far from finished competing in sports this weekend America's most famous softball player.

I think it's most beautiful too don't you do an Olympic gold medalist will be running in the New York City Marathon and it's an added challenge Jenny is.

Starting in last place in seeing how many people she can pass for charity and he told us earlier on FOX & Friends about her new book.

And how she's mentally preparing for the race.

-- what would you say the biggest challenge is going to be is it a mental thing for you to just know you can do it and what you take from.

Your years of being a super athlete to this accomplishment.

Definitely just the mental toughness coming back had a habit on the mound and basically to -- that into the streets.

You're beyond that.

What you're physically capable of doing at some point it's just mentally OK one foot from the other -- you have to keep going and it's not a matter of stopping it I gotta get hit with an -- suing your book -- like -- girl.

You came up -- a generation -- probably easier than the previous one is -- from title nine people looking for relief female athletes did you still have hurdles to climb.

I think definitely not the younger I looked up to major league baseball players -- -- sat there and you know those guys and being from Southern California but.

And now there's just an incredible opportunity within the game and I feel blessed and have been.

It's been able to be part of that -- and experienced so much that -- generation for -- -- hopefully.

I'm open doors for the future and for now -- -- you uninspired young girls and boys to get involved in sports because of what it's done for your life I have to tell you I love the title.

Because so much is made of ultra -- like a girl in a negative way -- what's the positive that you see in that title.

And thinks -- can be proud of being a female -- being an athlete and going out there being empowered and just seeing the physical strength and now it's it's celebrated where.

Probably 1020 years ago and it wasn't so much celebrated -- -- -- -- girl but now speaking out there and you know we can parking ticket you know it.

Where -- and still be fears.

The book throw like a girl is out in stores now Clayton dressed like a girl.

Indeed has it on its Kindle have going going gone -- -- the bankrupt solar panel company auctioning off all of its assets this week are selling everything including the huge banner that greeted President Obama on his visit to the company back in 2010.

That -- went for 400 dollars.

What are -- of those hard best.

That's your morning sparked flash -- Clayton Morris he's Dave Briggs can't start your morning off right of the morning dose of fox different 6 AM eastern time British hostage.

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