giving rise to action; staying fit and sane through running
My guest today is Emma Walsh, Development Manager and marathon fundraising team coordinator for Chicago Commons. Join us as she discusses the impact this 128 year old organization is having in Chicago and how their marathon fundraising team is assisting in funding those efforts. With program sites in Bronzeville, Pilsen, Humboldt Park, and Back of the Yards, Chicago Commons offers support to many of Chicago’s under-resourced neighborhoods.
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The added value of being a charity runner for Team Reeve is clearly their coach, Mark Zenobia. Join us on this week’s podcast to learn more about his passion for Team Reeve and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and how his guidance and expertise gets runners to the marathon start line and exceeding fundraising goals!
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I did some experimenting with a podcast last month. They’ve been deleted, but please subscribe for what’s to come. Find me on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. If you get your podcasts elsewhere, let me know.
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Worst. Marathon. Ever. was how I described my 11th this past Sunday in social media posts. That wasn’t entirely accurate. It was just my time that was the worst ever and slowest would probably have been a more appropriate word. Because my eleventh marathon was also perhaps the prettiest – and maybe the best reminder of who I am.
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There are events so big we plan for them for months, sometimes years. We do whatever we can to make the day perfect. We agonize over every detail. We think about Murphy’s Law and try to mitigate the risks. Then about 10 days before the big day, we begin obsessively checking the weather forecast. We become engulfed in emotions over the one thing we have absolutely no control over.
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