I actually was given the race because a friend of mine wasn’t able to make it. She had seen that I had been getting into more and more runs during the year and offered to transfer over her race entry to my name. I had never done a …

It’s my hometown race. I actually grew up about 40 minutes north of Pittsburgh in Allegheny Township.

So relieved to be done, achy from pre-existing injuries, as well as from the day’s efforts, and excited …

My running partner broached the idea of doing the 50k at Run Woodstock. We both liked it for several reasons: it’s hippie themed (there’s even an optional nude 5k at night!), the fact that you could camp the entire weekend, and there were musical acts and yoga workouts. …

Each year that I have ran I slowly made things a bit harder for myself. Last year when I finished the Pittsburgh challenge (5k on Saturday and half on Sunday), I decided that I wanted to aim for a full. I knew it was far-fetched but it …

Because it’s something I enjoy. It gave me the motivation to want to start running and working out every day to become a healthy person.

I felt amazing like I accomplished something. I felt …

I was raising support for my trip overseas and also my friend encouraged me to do my first half marathon.

I was in a lot of pain from my knees but I did feel a big sense …

I recently was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and my doctor wants me to lose some weight. I found that I really enjoy walking and my daughter-in-law wanted to do it also. I said why not — it will be my first run!