My name is Keisha and I'm just an ordinary girl striving to do extraordinary things. I started running October 2008 after a friend convinced me to run a half marathon with Team Challenge to raise money for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. I never in a million years thought I would be able to complete a half marathon, so I didn't agree right away. I gave it a lot of thought and prayed about it before I finally agreed to do it. I figured since I'd have to raise money for charity, that would give me the push I needed. After all, if I was going to ask people to donate money to support me in this effort, I couldn't just punk out and not see it through. I ran the Miami ING Half Marathon with Team Challenge in January 2009, and it changed my life because have been running ever since.
A small group of us from Team Challenge continued to meet on Saturday mornings for our 6am long runs, and we've run three more half marathons since then: Fort Lauderdale A1A Half Marathon, Miami 13.1 Marathon, and Marathon of the Palm Beaches Half Marathon. We've also several 5k races in between.
That was 2009, so now I'm looking to push myself to accomplish greater goals in 2010. I hope you'll come along with me :-)
