Although I ran very briefly in high school, and as a young adult n NYC, I have to say that I despised running! It just didn’t feel right for my body, or my spirit. Fast forward about 37 years or so to Northern California. At the tender age of 60, I decided to prepare for a fitness convention I was attending (I had become a personal trainer and fitness coach) and running was part of that prep. I don’t know if it was a more physically sound body, or the beauty of nature as I ran in the Oakland Hills, but I became hooked on running, and have not looked back since! The past 7+ years of running have been a tremendous blessing! I’ve had several surgeries and illnesses which have laid me low, but

LaceLocker® welcomes Melinda Howard from Mississippi as a Brand Ambassador. "I started running on Labor Day, 2011, as a promise to my sister to do the C25K program with her. It was a few months before my 50th birthday. At that time, I was in the process of trying to drop a "few" pounds. I discovered that C25K was challenging! I also discovered it was lots of fun to run. The last thing I found out was that I had dropped 20 pounds while working my way through C25K. That was a pleasant surprise!" "As C25K came to a close, I knew I wanted to continue running and working towards losing more weight. A few months later I ran my first 12k. That next fall, my first Half Marathon....I kept addi