Success Stories
Talking with The Happy Runner
“Running. Writing about it. Happy to be doing both.”
This is how Felice describes herself on her blog The Happy Runner. After reading those words on my first visit and just a few minutes into reading her posts, I knew I’d come across a down-to-earth person with a love of running and supporting charity events.
Felice [...]
Some Saturday Inspiration
For all of us who run, walk, and bike, for when the going gets really tough, here’s a little bit of inspiration…. As a melanoma survivor myself, I found this especially touching.
PHILADELPHIA -The routine was the same as always — the exact way I have grown accustomed to dealing with the hours before a big [...]
When you get 62,000 of your closest friends together…
You can raise lots of money! The Denver Komen Race for the Cure raised a projected $2.4 million dollars at this past weekend’s race. Attendance included more than 62,000 runners, walkers, babies in strollers, and dogs.
Our team, Team Theresa, had fifteen members this year, three of whom elected to sleep in for the cure. [...]
Host a Halloween Costume Party Fundraiser
ABOVE: part of the graveyard setup in the front yard.
Halloween Costume Birthday Party
For the past two years my husband and I have hosted a Halloween Costume Birthday Party at our house. My husband’s birthday is on October 21st, and when he turned 50 two years ago, we decided to combine his birthday party with a [...]
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training Program
ABOVE: That’s me at the 2006 Intracoastal Century Ride in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Mountain Bikers to Roadies
In the spring of 2006 my husband and I, who were mountain bikers at the time, purchased our first road bikes. Our local mountain bike trails had been destroyed in one of those pesky south Florida hurricanes and we were [...]
Participant Insights: The Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk
Taking place each September, The Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund walk is a fitness event that raises money to benefit cancer research. This exciting event has provided over $51 million for cancer research and care over the past 19 years. This year’s event took place last Sunday.
This past week I noticed that the author of one [...]
How to Stay Motivated While Training for Charity Athletic Events
ABOVE: Freelance writer Lynn Smythe. Day 1 of the 2008 MS150 bike ride. On top of Card Sound Bridge, on the way to Key Largo, Florida.
EGOMANIAC OR COUCH POTATO?
Why is there a picture of me at the top of this post? I’m not an egomaniac, just an average person. I’m married, mother of 2, a [...]
