People who want to make exercise a habit often find that buddying up with friends increases their odds of success. That’s one of the reasons Sally Begue, gift shop supervisor, and Penny Westfall, patient accounting, decided to get social. The 2 friends teamed up together to join the Blue Line Beginners, a free Akron-area club […]
Children’s Champion spotlight: Jennifer Estep
At first, Jennifer Estep returned to running simply as a way to lose weight and model a healthy lifestyle for her son. But after participating in the relay portion of the 2015 Akron Marathon as her first race since running high school cross country, she knew she was hooked. “I loved everything about the race – […]
Children’s Champion spotlight: Jeremy Hughes
With about 140 days left until the Akron Children’s Hospital Akron Marathon, Half Marathon & Team Relay presented by FirstEnergy, Jeremy Hughes has already had to increase his fundraising goal as a Children’s Champion. “It’s the first time I’ve ever blindly emailed everyone on my email contacts list and I was surprised by the response,” […]
