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Endurance Activities to Conquer Your Marathon Goals

    As the popularity of marathons grows, so does the recognition of one key ingredient for success: endurance. It's the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort, a critical component i...
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Stronger Together - American Lung Association

  Angie has been running since 2017 with friends in a local training group. She will be running the 5K on May 19th. Bob started running in 2020 and loves longer distances. After completing 4 half mar...
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Kathleen Korosi - 2024 Runner Stories

I recently lost my mom, Kathleen Korosi (Marsh) to brain cancer, glioblastoma on 4/8/24. She was a dedicated runner who enjoyed the Cleveland Marathon. She was an overall winner in May of 1980 when it...
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Regina Farrell - Prayers From Maria

Maria, was my cousin, so this foundation [Prayers From Maria] has a special place in my heart. I am a mother now and I can’t imagine losing one of my two children to this terrible disease. No parent s...
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Katelyn Illenberger - Prayers From Maria

“I first heard about the Prayers From Maria Foundation when my best friend, Carli, was diagnosed with brain cancer back in December of 2021. Carli was someone who lit up the world with her smile, alwa...
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Douglas Paroff - Prayers From Maria

I think it is safe to say that I first started running when our younger daughter came home from school in 4th grade to tell us that one of her friends and classmates had died form a brain tumor, a dif...
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Timothy Stacy - 2024 Runner Stories

Faith and Sports have played a role in my recovery from addiction. I am currently a little over 6 years clean and last year I was in a place of depression, so I started to work out which lead into run...
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Marla Bass - 2024 Runner Stories

I have always had a passion for fitness, and a love of running. My passion lead me to becoming a certified trainer and fitness coach. I wanted others to find a love in movement, and be proud of what t...
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Lauren Hodkey - 2024 Runner Stories

My name is Lauren. I’m 24 years old from Mentor, Ohio and am running the half marathon in May. This will be my first race at this distance and I’m so excited! I have a chronic nerve condition, and my ...
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Hannah Brown - 2024 Runner Stories

I’ve never liked running. I ran 2 half marathons, one in 2016, and the other in 2017, and I hated them. But I knew the lessons learned and habits developed in training were necessary to a life of disc...
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