International Borders

Never Let the Mind tell the Body What It Cannot Do! Some of us had to apply for passports. Some of us had never completed a half-marathon before. Some of us wanted to give up at the START LINE. Accountability is so important. We started the Journey together and that meant that there was no letting the other GIVE UP! We were in it until THE END. It rained. There was PAIN. There was TEARS. There were ACHES. There were JOYS. More importantly, there was COMPLETION!

WE DID IT! YOU CAN TOO! BELIEVE IN THE DREAM!

Gazelle Girl in West Michigan 2016

Gazelle Girls 2016. Congratulations to our S.T.A.R.S. who led many women to the finish line on April 17, 2016 at Gazelle Girl Half Marathon & 5k in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thank you to Gazelle Sports, Nike for sponsoring and CONGRATS to all of the first timers who MADE THEIR DREAMS A REALITY!

                                  Pacers Aliya, Janet and LaShaundra are pictured here.

Amy & Josephine. Josephine completed her first half-marathon!

Learning My New Way

I knew something was going on but my symptoms were so inconsistent that I brushed it off. As a single mom, working full time, teaching fitness classes and running several times a week maybe I just needed a little break, right? Wrong! After cutting back, my symptoms became worse and more frequent. There were random times when I would get really dizzy or feel like electric shocks were shooting through my body.  I also kept getting extremely exhausted during my runs.  Then one day last September, my leg went numb and my eyesight started to blur.