Author Archives: Ann B.

Helping tornado survivors rebuild and stay active

On Wednesday, April 27th tornados tore through Alabama. I didn’t hear about the devastation until the following morning and by that time I had other things on my mind as I woke up to a very sick teenage son. It wasn’t until he was lying in the hospital bed waiting to find out when they would be removing his appendix that I finally saw footage of the devastation. My son, in his University of Alabama polo and I sat there … Continue reading

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Jonathan Beverly on the Boston Marathon

Jonathan Beverly, the Editor-in-Chief at Running Times, ran his first marathon when he was sixteen. But it wasn’t until he ran Boston that he felt like he had arrived. “You spend your adolescence wanting to be a part of the in crowd,” Beverly said, “Boston is like that. Standing there on race morning I remember thinking, I have arrived. I exist. I count.” Qualifying alone brings tears to a runner’s eyes, but actually standing there on race morning, surrounded by … Continue reading

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Run/Walk/Run the Boston Marathon: an interview with Jeff Galloway

Jeff Galloway considered my question a minute then answered as though thinking out loud. “Boston is as close to an Olympic experience as most people will ever get.” He hesitated a second longer and added more forcefully, “and it is pretty darn close.” As an Olympic athlete, Galloway knows what it feels like to focus on a goal, achieve the means to get there through the Olympic Trials in his case and a qualifying marathon time for the Boston Marathoners. … Continue reading

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Athletes in tandem

When I first saw Team Hoyt, I was running on my treadmill in our basement and learned a huge lesson. It is not possible to cry and run at the same time. The story of the father who pushed, pulled and carried his handicapped son through all 142 miles of the Ironman touched me. I don’t know anybody who has seen the video and not been touched by it. But how many of us can say that it not only … Continue reading

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