Never Say Never
My husband and I attended the 2008 Akron Marathon to watch our son. I had never been to a marathon event before and as I was seeing people crossing that finish line I was swept up in the excitement of the day. I had just turned 50 and had never been a runner but I decided that this was something I just had to do. I found a schedule and trained for 5ks and then eventually 10ks and ran the 2009 Akron Half Marathon. I can’t explain the feeling when I shook the race director’s hand and knew that I...
Read MoreFaster at Forty
Posted By:Â Eric Raygor After getting more serious about running in 2004, at the age of 33, I realized that I had a few years left that I could expect to improve on my performance, if I trained well and stayed healthy. I made it my goal to be “Faster ’til I’m 40″–to break a PR at some distance in each of the next seven years. For the first few years, this came easily to me, as I shaved seconds and minutes off of my 5k and 10k times. When things got more difficult, I added a one mile...
Read MoreAll In the Family
Posted By: Janet Zwisler This is our 4th year of running the 5-man relay with a family team we called the Zwede’s – a combination of Ede and Zwisler family members. This year we have added a 2nd family team and called it the Ede’z. We’ve had such a great time we wanted to open up the field to more family members and a couple close friends. Our age group goes from 15 to 60, and this year 3 of us are taking on different legs and distances. We have a real combination of relationships, One...
Read MoreWeight Loss Journey
Posted By: Jennifer Monroe I began a weight loss journey at the end of September 2010. As I lost weight I began to incorporate exercise into my daily routine. In May, my youngest son wanted to run a 5k so I signed up with him. I could not believe the feeling I had when I crossed the finish line! It was great!! I was on such a high that I came up with the crazy idea of putting a relay team together for the Akron Marathon. The Akron Marathon is such a big deal that it was never an event I thought I would be a part...
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