John Jaeger, board member and long-time supporter of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls has challenged himself to run marathons in all 50 states!
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Podcast S1 | E6: Bill Nugent, Running for Project Purple
Bill Nugent started running as a way to regain health and fitness. It gave him a way to manage his grief following the loss of his mother to pancreatic cancer. He is now an ambassador for Project Purple, a running-focused organization dedicated to improving the lives of pancreatic cancer patients through support, hope, & compassion.
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My Surf City Marathon Experience
A review of Surf City Marathon Weekend from last year can be found HERE. Once again organizers did a superb job and I was happy to be back. For this post, I am not going to review (again) the attributes of the race weekend (not much new to say). Today, I’m going to focus on what was different about this destination race – namely that I ran the full Marathon for the first time after several years of doing the Half and my experience chasing a time goal.
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How to find a running route
A few week’s ago we discussed running crews. Yes, finding your people can be a real game-changer. I told you how one of the best things I got from running were the many friends I’ve made. Read more
Race Review: The Bellin Run
I still don’t totally understand the popularity of this race. The 42ndAnnual Bellin Run in Green Bay, Wisconsin last weekend had over 11,000 participants! It’s one of the largest fields for a 10k in the nation! The course was nice; rolling hills and winding streets through mostly residential parts of Green Bay and Allouez. In that regard it reminded me of the Ridgewood Run on Memorial Day in New Jersey. But the Ridgewood Run, while a big event, doesn’t have over 8600 finishers in the 10k. Read more