Archives for 2013

I love reading year-end top-anything lists – the top news stories, top photos, top tweets, and, if I’m honest, the “51 times Jennifer Lawrence was awesome in 2013” on Buzzfeed. I like taking a little time to remember all that happened, good or bad, in a year. 2013 was a very big year for me […]

I’m not one to turn down an opportunity to talk about heart disease for the cameras, so just across the finish line after the TC 10 Mile race on October 6, I was happy to do a live 30-second TV news bit and tell whoever was watching that I, and my teammates, were running for […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Mike Thorson! Age 33 Hometown/Current City Fergus Falls, Minnesota Number of Marathons Three — Twin Cities Marathon (2), Fargo Marathon Favorite Race Completed Running Wild Trail Run Favorite Location To Train Anywhere new. Favorite Running Pump-Up Song “Nice Guys Finish Last” – Green Day […]

If running 400+ training miles over the summer and then spending 3-5 hours on an October Sunday running from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul along the most circuitous route possible doesn’t sound like your thing, does cheering on those who do? Great! You can be an official part of the Run with Heart Cheer […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Scott Tonneson! Age 39 Hometown/Current City Fergus Falls, MN / St. Paul, MN Number of Marathons One… 2012 Twin Cities Marathon was my first. Favorite Race Completed 2012 Twin Cities Marathon Favorite Location To Train Last summer running throughout the town of Lyon, France. […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Scott Pugh! Age 36 Hometown/Current City Crystal, MN / Rogers, MN Number of Marathons ZERO… 2013 TC Marathon will be my first. Favorite Race Completed 2012 Twin Cities 10 Mile. Favorite Location To Train Back-country roads near where we live in Rogers. Favorite Running […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Timmy Marrinan! Age 26 Hometown/Current City Edina, MN / Tempe, AZ Number of Marathons Zero! This will be my first full. Favorite Race Completed Rock n Roll: Las Vegas 2011 – It was my first half-marathon and as a big Vegas guy, running under […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Theresa Myers! Age 35 Hometown/Current City Hometown Blooming Prairie – Current City Kasson Number of Marathons One. Favorite Race Completed Grandma’s Marathon 2012 – I ran it with my brother who is an expert marathoner. Best experience of my life, despite the slow time. […]

September 9-15 is “National Invisible Chronic Illness Week,” and this meme — 30 Things About My Invisible Illness — is making the rounds of many online communities. Here’s my contribution to making heart disease more visible. 1. The illness I live with is heart disease (heart attack, coronary artery disease, endothelial dysfunction, microvascular disease). 2. […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Amy Batchelder! Name Amy Batchelder Age 30 Hometown/Current City Whitefish Bay, WI/St. Louis Park, MN Number of Marathons Two (Both Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon) Favorite Race Completed Women Run the Cities along the Mississippi River. Favorite Location To Train Chain of Lakes, mainly Lake […]