The words on My bedroom Wall, circa 1999
Before Pinterest, I had a collage of images on my bedroom wall that inspired me and this ASICS ad being one of them. As a teenager growing up in a small town in Colorado and growing up in a strict religious home I wasn’t allowed to participate in after school activities, including any sports, and my dream of joining the track team remained a dream. This ad on my wall was my quiet way of knowing that someday we would run.
1990: A girl who used to spring down her neighborhood sidewalk and racing her older brother and his friends, dreaming of joining the track team but realizing years later she wouldn’t be allowed to.
2025: A woman running through the Marrakech Medina, making a dream come alive decades later. From Marrakech’s olive and palm groves to Essaouira’s windy coastline to Tangier’s infamous Corniche.
At first it was…
There’s no way I can run 5k without stopping (July 9th, 2025)
There’s no way I can face a pack of wild dogs on a solo run and still finish a 5k
There’s no way I can run a 7k (La Kechoise for Women - October 5th, 2025)
There’s no way I can run a 10k (Casablanca Decathlon 10k - November 2025)
and now it’s…
There’s no way I can do an 11k trail run in the Agafay Desert (November 2025)
There’s no way I can run the Marrakech Half Marathon (January 2026)
There’s no way I can the San Diego Rock n’ Roll Marathon (2026/2027?)