by Lisa Marlin | Sep 29, 2019 | Blog, My Journey, Running
October 20, 2018 – Twelve women on my mother’s side of the family have had breast cancer. Twelve of us. When a distant cousin asked if it would be okay to include my name on a T-shirt for a fundraiser, I did not hesitate in telling her yes. She would be participating...
by Lisa Marlin | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog, Parenting, Running
When my teenage daughter wheezed and bent over, crying out, “I don’t know why you do this!” I almost sent her home. Instead, I told her to keep going, that I knew she had it in her. I really wanted her to enjoy running like I did. She didn’t. Nevertheless, she’d show...
by Lisa Marlin | Nov 30, 2014 | Blog, Running, Writing
I crossed two finish lines this week, though neither meant the end of anything. The first was at the four mile marker of the Denver Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. I didn’t win any prizes, coming in 4428 out of about 10,000 racers. Undaunted, I will keep running...
by Lisa Marlin | Oct 11, 2014 | Blog, Running
Thirty days running. Just like I proposed to my boyfriend while we sat on his front porch on the morning of September 1, which happened to be a Monday and Labor Day and so the end of a three-day, mostly labor-less weekend. The idea had come to me after a one mile run...
by Lisa Marlin | Jul 27, 2014 | Blog, Parenting, Running
We always start our runs together, keeping pace for the first half mile or so, but when I tell her to go ahead while panting that I’ll see her at the finish line, she has proven that she can get there long enough ahead of me that her sweat has evaporated by the time I...
