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JENNIFER ANNE
My biggest accomplishment is trusting myself that I could actually do it. I can talk
myself out of anything, but to talk yourself into is so much bigger. I ran my first
half and am doing a Spartan race in March. I never thought I could... I still have to
psych myself up, but knowing I've already done it makes it so much easier.
LIZ MESSINA
Running the NYC Marathon and
raising money for the ALS Association.
Anything is possible if
you are committed to yourself.
BARRI DONNELLAN
My biggest accomplishment
was running/walking the
NY Marathon twice, raising
money for Team for Kids.
KAREN MIURA
That I remained calm through a
rough divorce by running out the
stress, to then meet the love of
my life at a race.
AJ GUCKIAN
finishing my first
ongest race was a
riends and family,
nd kept my mind
pain. I signed up
May of 2017!
NNIE J. SEIGH
SYLVIE REITTER
My greatest accomplishment
was to
participate in and
finish the Dutchess
County Classic (my
first half-marathon).
My wife made the All-Army cross country team.
That's my greatest accomplishment.
PATRICK DEHAVEN
My greatest accomplishment as a runner came in
2002 at the Orange County Classic in Middletown.
I came in second in my age group (50-54)
with a time of 37:59. In doing so, I beat the great
running legend Frank Shorter (who was in the
same age group). And who beat me out for first
place? None other than Bill Rodgers. It was a
pretty impressive age group that year.
greatest running moment came about on June 11, 2016, at
Think Differently Dash. It was in a sense surreal, as I had a
id dream of being in this race before it was even created. It
nothing to do with my personal times, distances, or goals
e met, but was about becoming someone's wings to finish
race. It was like I had seen everything I wanted to see in the
t of the pack, and now it was time to bring those who are
ally left behind forward. So thank you MHRRC and the
lkway Over the Hudson for bringing this race to life and
ing my dream come true!
In all fairness, Frank was coming off an injury, or
I'm sure he would have easily beaten me. Frank
grew up in Middletown and often used to come
back to run in the Orange Classic. It just happened
that Bill Rodgers (the two are good friends, I
guess) also showed up that year.
This may not have been my greatest accomplishment
as a runner, but it was certainly my most
memorable.
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