Who Deserves to be the next Girlz n Gear Average Superstar!!
In a Facebook poll of 97 respondents, 55.7% chose “Lisa started running about 30 years ago. She had no choice since running was a requirement of Westpoint, and not graduating was not an option. She continued to run until she had her first child. She left the service and hung up her running shoes. That’s when life started to get interesting. Her home became a halfway house and retirement home for her three kids, a niece, her mother and her sister and husband. Needless to say things were stressful so she picked up her running shoes and started running again. Soon one of her friends suckered her into doing a triathlon. She was hooked. Now she is a 46 year old mother of three trying to keep her sanity by self-medicating with running, swimming & biking.”. How we count
Lisa started running about 30 years ago. She had no choice since running was a requirement of Westpoint, and not graduating was not an option. She continued to run until she had her first child. She left the service and hung up her running shoes. That’s when life started to get interesting. Her home became a halfway house and retirement home for her three kids, a niece, her mother and her sister and husband. Needless to say things were stressful so she picked up her running shoes and started running again. Soon one of her friends suckered her into doing a triathlon. She was hooked. Now she is a 46 year old mother of three trying to keep her sanity by self-medicating with running, swimming & biking.
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Judy is a slow runner, but she just keeps on going. Her first marathon was at age 62. Since then, she has completed a number of marathons, half-marathons, 30K's, 25K's, 20K's, 10K's and 5K's since. At 70, she became a marathon training coach and participated in her first and only ultra marathon (31+ miles). In 2009, she accomplished a ten-year goal of hers earning a first place age group award in the Chevron Houston Marathon. She did it again in 2010 and 2011 and became the oldest female to record three finishes at or over the age of 70. She has battled many health issues, but remains an inspiration to the many younger women she runs and trains with.
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Rosalinda is a school principal in an urban high school. First and foremost she runs for the healthy aspects. However she also believes, "Running is cheaper than therapy." She began dedicating her runs to several of her students. She would listen to their stories of struggle, and discovered that just taking a few moments to talk and listen to them was allowing them to see the upside of their situations. Being able to express that she was dedicating an upcoming run in recognition of them made running more meaningful to her and her students. In the end, her students learned that it was better to “kick asphalt” than to allow life to kick them.
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Suz is a mom of 2, a soccer coach, successful professional and an amazingly strong woman. She ran her first marathon at age 35 while in the Army. The only constant in her life has been her two daughters and the pavement. She has endured and survived serious challenges including a divorce after 18 years and cervical cancer. The desire to run more marathons and caring for her two daughters was her inspiration and in the end drove her to beat both challenges!! Running is her safe haven. Recently diagnosed with breast cancer, she continues to push herself on the pavement. Every time her sneakers hit the pavement she knows there are other women with struggles and hardships much worse than hers. To her running is not about winning the race, it’s about beating the odds.
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Kris is a 47 year old wife and mother of 3 sons. She ran her first half marathon in 2011, and then her second one for the Air Force dedicating it to our Fallen Heroes. She uses her ability to run in order to shine a light on special causes. One of her goals is to complete The Empire State Building Run Up consisting of 1576 steps, 86 stories. She is one of the 110 non-professionals that have been invited to be part of this race and is dedicating the race to her father who lost his battle with cancer. She raised $2500 for cancer research. She is also working to complete her first Full marathon this October. By the way, she only started running two years ago!!
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