The goal: Run (and walk) to Mars by December 31, 2015 How many miles to go? 30,174,157 How many miles per day? 284,661 How many days to reach our goal? 106 Can we do it? YES!!! Many of you have probably never heard of Moon Joggers before. That’s okay. We are a small group of […]
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Every Mile Matters
Every Mile Matters By Laura Lok Hi my name is Laura Lok from Spokane, Washington. I started my adventure with running like many do late in life and for a reason. Mine was for a friend that wanted to join Team In Training to raise money in support of her sister in law that was […]
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Every Mile Matters
Every Mile Matters Amber Hadigan May 11, 2013. I laced up my running shoes for the first time. I was 204 pounds and wore a size 18 pants. I downloaded a couch to 5K app, as I had signed up for a 5K race exactly eight weeks later as motivation. That day, I could hardly […]
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Every Mile Matters
EVERY MILE MATTERS by Angie Webb As a child I loved to run, but I hated running. Give me a basketball or soccer ball and I could run for hours. Tell me to go and run a mile and I wouldn’t do it. In Junior High School I played on the basketball, soccer and softball […]
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Every Mile Matters
EVERY MILE MATTERS by Perry Newburn When I put my hand up to write this I thought “this should be straight forward,” but the more I thought about it – yes dangerous this thinking lark – the harder it became. So where to start? I’ve written about my battles with addiction in the past but […]
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Every Mile Matters
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Ready to Win!
Ready To Win! by Carolyn Guhman I have a race this Sunday, January 19, 2014. It is the Louisiana Half Marathon in Baton Rouge. And I am going to win! It has already been decided! A couple of weeks ago I had a really bad race. It was a 10 miler in the cold, in […]
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The Way to Joy
When the going gets tough… In 2009 I hit the lowest point of my life… I looked around and said, “I don’t have the strength to do this anymore.” I had everything, a loving husband, loving children, four beautiful grandsons and twin grandbabies on the way. But nothing seemed worth “it”. Life was a struggle, […]
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Found Myself Running: The Way It Was…
A continuation of a previous post by Found Myself Running entitled: Greater than the Sum of my Parts. Okay, everybody knows I’m an “older” woman…but one day, if I am lucky, I will be a REALLY old lady. I will no longer be able to run, to walk or maybe even to dream. But if […]
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Found Myself Running: Greater than the Sum of my Parts…
Making My Dream a Reality It is not likely that many who happen to pass Corral L at the starting line of the Chicago Marathon on October 13, 2013, will even notice the older, overweight woman with a look of terror in her eyes who will be shifting nervously from foot to foot. She will […]
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