Interviews with inspiring runners
Cancer does not discriminate. It can hit anyone, anytime during career or life. We hear about the celebrities who are diagnosed with cancer in magazines. More often news articles are about famous people who have died from cancer. But there have been many stars who have survived cancer, thrive and live quality lives after cancer…
Ultra Running is a sport that involves running very long distances. The standard definition is anything more than 26.2 miles (a marathon). However, the shortest distance for most ultramarathons is 50 kilometers, which is a little over 31 miles. And there are distances of 100 km, 100 miles and much further. When I first learned…
I have been posting, blogging, tweeting and pinning about walking a lot. I do this because I truly care about your health and happiness. Why don’t most people walk regularly, I wonder? I am just an average person who reads a lot of sciencey stuff, so of course they don’t take my word for it….
Anita wants to run a marathon. She is a busy woman, working 50 – 60 hours per week managing a local grocery store and taking care of her family. While her children are now adults, Anita is far from an empty nester. She spends as much time with her two daughters as she can. But…
Jim has run over 100 marathons and about 80 half marathons to date. He is working on completing 100 half marathons by April 2020. Jim is also the race director of the Kakabeka Falls Legion Half Marathon and 8 KM in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is the most famous runner you have never heard…
I am so excited to introduce two runners to you. This father and daughter duo went from couch to 10 miles in 18 weeks. Their story is so tremendously inspiring. It was such a pleasure to help them along in their journey back to health. Kelsi and Brian were looking for change Brian and Kelsi…
The Friday before the 2019 Boston Marathon, Trevor Zimak received an email from the Boston Athletic Association (BAA). He was invited to start with the Boston Marathon Elite Men. He qualified with a time of 2:20:04 at the Grandmas Marathon, which put him in the first corral of wave one. But, as luck would have…
Sandy has always had a passion for running. She has spent the last 10 years turning that passion into action. She has helped hundreds of impoverished Kenyan children survive, run and thrive. Sandy has ran most of her life. When I met with her recently, she couldn’t remember the exact age she started, but she…
Stephanie may seem like every other busy working mother. She works full time in a busy dental practice. She has 2 children and a husband who are heavily involved in sports. Stephanie assumes the family roles of wife, mother, cook, housekeeper, bookkeeper and taxi driver with a smile, and sometimes a grimace. But Stephanie is…
I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2013. After my treatments, I started running to take back my life and regain my health. Now, I want to run my first marathon. My name is Tricia and I am 51 years old. I have heard it time and again; “you are too old to…