by Tom Garrity | Mar 20, 2014 | The Runner's Bib
By Coren Anderson I have run for many different reasons and have run in honor of cancer survivors. For Rachael, a young cancer survivor who I met when someone put the crazy idea in my head that at the age of 37 it would be fun to learn to run. For my dear friend...
by Tom Garrity | Feb 17, 2014 | The Runner's Bib
by Christine Ford I started running in early 2011 for myself. My life had become pretty stagnant after an unconscionable series of events took place with a bad neighbor where we were living in Peralta. My husband and I were pretty much forced to move just to keep our...
by Tom Garrity | Nov 15, 2013 | The Runner's Bib
When my oldest son was in first grade, he introduced to me, through his stories, a girl in his class named Julia. I had the opportunity to see her briefly at an Open House early in the school year. Fiery red hair and a gorgeous smile, Julia lit up the room. It was...
by Tom Garrity | Oct 20, 2013 | The Runner's Bib
My connections with the Gerding family stretch back to Texas Christian University. Going to school with Mike, and connected as local Young Life club leaders, he would share stores about growing up and fishing in New Mexico. When he heard that my career in...
by Tom Garrity | Oct 16, 2013 | The Runner's Bib
Terri is from the San Francisco Bay Area. On June 2, 2013, she crossed the finish line of the acclaimed San Diego Rock N Roll Marathon. While she has completed half marathons and other races before, this was the first time she accomplished a full marathon. “The course...
by Tom Garrity | Sep 15, 2013 | The Runner's Bib
I should have named my black lab, Pacesetter, not Pepper. That’s her pictured up top. She was my training companion for five months as I prepared for The Cutthroat Classic, a trail run in the Washington Cascade Mountains: Eleven miles and 2600 feet of climbing in...
