Meet some teammates!

Starting with COACH DON! Whoo-hoo! (sorry, I am a big Coach Don fan... I mean, he got my non-running hiney across the Chicago Marathon finish line!! :)  Coach Don leads our team of marathoner's and soon to be marathoners!!  Not only does he coach us, but he also coaches Cedar Falls girls cross country and girls track. Don is an instrumental piece of this amazing journey and we are blessed to share the running experience with him!  Don has been running for about 25 years. He is married to Teri (a humble woman who always has a smile for us!) and they have 3 children, and 5 grand babies! A 6th one is on the way! Don works at Orchard Hill Church. If you haven't yet....make sure you get to know Coach Don!

 Danielle Garvin is a nurse here in town and from Cedar Falls.  Her family is hubby Matt and almost 4 year old Ella.  This is Danielle's second marathon, her first being last year's with this same team.  Why is she back?  She says she had such a great experience running last year with this group, how could she say no? :)  Not only that but running became something she never knew she enjoyed and it is a new hobby. 

 Hannah Shirey is a Waterloo native gal who is attending college at Colgate in New York!  She is a senior there and just returned from a semester in Morocco. She is actually training for the New York Marathon on November 7th for a great cause through Camfed.  To read more about her cause check this link out: http://us.camfed.org/

She will be joining us through the summer while she is home and will finish her training in New York when fall semester starts up.  We are happy to have you join us, Hannah!

Kris Plagge on the left and Susie Sorenson on the right... meet 2 of our first time runners/marathon trainers!!! Kris mentioned she wanted to be part of the group experience and Susie wanted to check this off the old' Bucket list!!  Neither gals are runners and both finished their first FIVE mile run last Saturday! Nice work ladies!! You are on your way!

These are just a few of our teammates.  Take a second to meet someone new this week on the team and holler a hello to these smiling faces! (and this was even AFTER we ran in the cold, wind, and spitting rain!!!)
See ya'll tomorrow!