Alyssa Lokits did everything right and was still killed on a daytime run. Her sister-in-law Abby Lokits shares who Alyssa was and how Free to Move is working so women can run safely.

Hallie Patel made the 2025 New York City Marathon her first marathon and ran 3:34. Now she says every other marathon has a lot to live up to.

Registered dietitian Michelle Pillepich has run the New York City Marathon twice and helps runners heal their relationship with food. Her message: you won't run worse by fueling more.

A former college runner and coach, David Wilkerson received a heart transplant in 2022. Since then he has run multiple half marathons and won three gold medals at the Transplant Games.

Hillary Burgess ran her first 5K with her dad at age 7. Twenty-six years later she's a run-walker with 11 marathons, a 1:55 half PR at Monumental, and a podcast about running history.

Caroline Barlow's little brother David was treated at St. Jude for a rare cancer. Ten years later she runs the St. Jude Memphis Half in his honor and works for St. Jude.

Louisiana outdoor guide Matt May signed up for a 30-mile trail ultra before he'd run a marathon, then won it. Now he pushes Ainsley's Angels athletes through marathons, trail races and Spartans.

Liz Hernandez went from walk-run intervals on a California trail to RRCA coach, Indy Mini finisher at 31 weeks pregnant, and Army wife raising two bilingual boys.

Caitlin Johnson ran a 3:12 Boston qualifier in her first marathon. The Ball State field hockey coach, Orangetheory coach and brand-new bride is chasing sub-3, one tattoo and one training block at a time.

Abby Anderson lost her mom, a Boston Marathon runner, the same day they ran six miles together. Now she runs seven miles every year on her mom's birthday and uses running to help others talk about grief.

My dad, Mark Hill, didn't start running until about 50. Four days after we both ran the Marine Corps Marathon, he sat down to tell his story and swear that marathon number 10 was his last.

Gareth Wilford grew up running in apartheid-era South Africa, came to Kentucky on a scholarship, and has spent 25 years helping Indy runners as a co-owner of Athletic Annex.

Chase Adams signed up for his first marathon while on work release from jail. A decade later he's run Boston, Berlin and Chicago, co-hosts a running podcast, and won his hometown half holding his dog.

Paige Foote fueled her virtual first marathon with Halloween-size packs of sour gummy candy. That idea became Noogs, the sour energy chew she co-founded with her husband Ben.

Filmmaker Jon Kuhn went from "fat dad" to a sober, vegan runner with a run streak of more than four years. Now he wants to run 100 miles before he turns 40.

Mike Heard ran his first marathon at 43 and finished all six World Marathon Majors, including a 92-degree Boston where a hamburger passed him at mile 21.

Joel Sauer wanted a marathon in his hometown, so he started one at Fort Ben. Thirty years later he's still directing what's now the Indy Half, and at 60 he did a solo Ironman on a whim.

Max Glenn survived his first marathon and hated it. Two years later, after Carmel was canceled, he raced a marathon PR inside the Full Mo 50K and collected two medals at the finish.

Nicole Linn named herself Below Average Running before anyone online could call her slow. Five years later, BAR Run Club makes sure no runner ever finishes alone.

Logan Turner was a lifter who hated running until his daughter Nora was diagnosed with Dup15q syndrome. Now they cover marathons and ultras together, with Nora in her stroller.