"The Little Race That Could"
TRL: What are you reading? TM: The Power of Now by Eckhart Toll – for the second time. TRL: What’s it about? TM: To sum it up, it walks one through a journey of enlightenment to live in the present. The past is gone and the future is largely out of our control, and living…
TRL; What are you currently reading? CW: I’m switching between Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (e-book) and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (real book). TRL: What made you pick those books? CW: Honestly, I picked up Shoe Dog initially because I’d read an excerpt from the book online that featured…
TRL: What book are you reading? MB: I just finished reading The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout. TRL: What made you pick this book? MB: I read her earlier book called Olive Kitteridge and I fell in love with her style. She writes about the dynamics of families and the power of childhood memories that…
TRL: What was the last book you read? DW: The last book I read was Crow Lake by Mary Lawson. TRL: Why did you pick it? DW: I chose this book as I just happened to be perusing the book sale cart at the Millennium Library on my lunch break when it caught my eye.…
Ted’s Run for Literacy: When did you start running and why? Lori Roberts: Sitting around a campfire with friends one night in July 2012, I made a suggestion that the five of us should sign up for the 2013 Manitoba Marathon Relay. We all (reluctantly?) agreed, I started running in the spring 2013, and the…
Ted’s Run for Literacy – When did you start running and why? Petra Rapmund – I started running in my early 40s after the death of my mom. I took up running to quit a 20+ year smoking habit. I guess I traded an unhealthy addiction for a healthy one. TRL – What is one…
Ted’s Run for Literacy: When did you start running and why? Melissa Budd:I started running in high school – but no serious distance. I started a teaching job in Stonewall in 2007 and met David Fielder. Crazy runner guy told me I could run a marathon. I wasn’t so sure, but I thought I’d give…
Ted’s Run for Literacy: When did you start running and why? Darcie Wadelius: I started running about 10 years ago because a friend who is a runner encouraged me to try it. I did a leg of the Manitoba Marathon relay and the next year I did the half. I work as a social worker…