One “Snow” Medal for Mark

One “Snow” Medal for Mark

Growing up, I remember watching Monday Night Football and hearing Howard Cosell taking about the “frozen tundra” as a way to describe the winter weather playing conditions in Green Bay and Minneapolis. Fast forward to the Sangre de Cristo mountains and the Santa Fe...

One Medal for Mom and Dad

One Medal for Mom and Dad

Wisconsin Ironman & New Mexico Toughman Triathlon The road to my first Ironman and half-ironman distance are dedicated to my mom and dad, respectively. Both mom and dad are great role models for my brother, sister and me. The first of the races, the 2016 New...

One Medal for Greg – Capitol View Triathlon

One Medal for Greg – Capitol View Triathlon

Feeling more confident about triathlons, I ventured to Madison, Wisconsin to participate in a training weekend for the Wisconsin Ironman (a future OneMedal story). The training weekend provided the chance for an open water training swim and a 50 mile training ride on...

One Medal for Team Mila

One Medal for Team Mila

The Funyons. I’ll always laugh about the Funyons. Our cousin Jess had just had a baby and my sister and I arrived at the hospital to meet her. We frantically ran around the lobby looking for a baby gift. Quick - there has to be something in one of these shops. Nothing...

One Medal for Lily and Officer Webster

One Medal for Lily and Officer Webster

There are those moments in a community when a series of events are just so shocking that it motivates citizens to action. This past October, Albuquerque had those type of events back to back. The road rage killing of four-year-old Lilly Garcia was followed, days...

One Medal for Steve

One Medal for Steve

This One Medal story was submitted by Colorado runner Clint Boston. About eleven years ago, I had a young lady in my American History class tell me her dad was a runner. I asked her if she was interested in running cross country for the school, and maybe her dad...

One Medal for Bob Brown

One Medal for Bob Brown

Submitted by Sydney Ayers I have been struggling to write my One Medal story for a long time; years, in fact. You see, it's not easy to write about someone who has not only had an impact on my running career but also my life. I was entering my senior year of high...

One Medal for Linda Kay

One Medal for Linda Kay

There is nothing quite like hearing about the passing of a friend moments before you board a completely full airplane. So, for the sake of my middle seat responsibilities to hold it together, let me tell you about my friend Linda Kay Jones. In her capacity as Vice...

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In January 2010, I started a journey of encouragement for others with a two-mile training run for my first marathon. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to run numerous endurance races as an encouragement for others. This website is where we share One Medal moments with a spirit of encouragement and motivation.

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