PRs

Accomplishments

The following is a list of my accomplishments related to running.

  • Won the Women's Health/Adidas Impossible Is Nothing Essay Contest in September 2007. Essay appeared in the December 2007 issue of Women's Health. You can read the essay here.
  • Chosen as the subject of a Times-Mail Personal Best Feature. You can read the article here.
  • Helped organize the inaugural BMS 5K in Spring 2008. You can read the Times-Mail editorial about the event here.
  • Earned a Teacher Creativity Fellowship, part of the Lilly Endowment Inc., to travel to Hawaii and run the Kona Marathon, a race that supports the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.
  • Completed the Insanity program in 2011 in order to help me get in shape to break two hours in the May 2012 500 Festival Half Marathon. Broke my femur 10 days before the race, but healed quickly, and broke two hours in with a 1:54:19 in the Monumental Half Marathon in November 2012.
  • Completed a perfect 20-mile progression run on October 17, 2015. This run is probably the best run of my life.