The goal: Run (and walk) to Mars by December 31, 2015 How many miles to go? 30,174,157 How many miles per day? 284,661 How many days to reach our goal? 106 Can we do it? YES!!! Many of you have probably never heard of Moon Joggers before. That’s okay. We are a small group of […]
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Every Mile Matters
Every Mile Matters by V. Kowalewski I was a competitive 3-sport jock in high school, but I hated running. HATED. IT. Many years and several pounds later I decided I’d take up running as a way to get in shape and lose some weight. My first run was to a small bridge over a creek ½ […]
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Training is Hard, But Oh So Rewarding
Training is hard, but oh so rewarding. By Sheila Dawe Isn’t it funny how when one first gets a new training program there is a wistful dream like quality to imagining conquering all those distances? Yet when the actual training days come there is the cold truth of fear and dread of facing the distance. […]
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A Month Ago I Became A Marathoner…2 Years Later
A Month Ago I Became A Marathon…2 Years Later By Tara Chavanne “But guess what….a month ago I became a marathoner (a Big Sur Marathoner)….and I am planning on going back in 2015 to kick Big Sur’s butt!! I got this.” Those were the last words I wrote about the Big Sur Marathon 2013. […]
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Moon Landing Anniversary – A Gift to Say THANK YOU
Two years ago today (May 23, 2013) was a historical event for Moon Joggers. In January of that year we had taken off on a mission to the Moon, with hopes of logging enough miles to get there in one year. We made it in five months! To celebrate our two year anniversary of landing on […]
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Every Mile Matters, Especially at the Boston Marathon
Every Mile Matters, Especially at the Boston Marathon By Shirlee Webb Boston Marathon has proven two times now that things can change in a twinkling of an eye. Both times I have run it the weather was forecast a week out to be the perfect weather for a marathon and then within a couple of […]
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Why Every Mile Matters
Why Every Mile Matters By Eric Clifford Why every mile matters. I could sit here and tell you all some great (ehh) tale about how I needed to get back into shape after an accident. Or, I could tell you about how I’m always about sports and sports is my life! Or even about how I was […]
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And the winners are…
As part of our Meet Me On Mars mission, we are working on getting charity entries into some of the big marathons around the country. Today we are giving away one free entry into the New York City Marathon! Participants in the drawing are all paid participants in Meet Me On Mars. AND THE WINNER IS……..HEIDI THOMPSON! […]
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Remaining Upright
Remaining Upright by Michelle Roberts “What’s the matter, honey?” By the time my father asked me I never even knew the answer. He said when I was a teenager he used to watch as I took on more and more – bigger challenges, harder classes and more after-school activities. He waited on the sidelines for […]
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