Accomplished marathoner Kim Kreuzman is about to hit the streets of Charlotte this weekend for the Around the Crown 10K, and if that wasn’t incredible enough, she’s doing it pushing a double stroller with her two children right there with her! This isn’t just a fun weekend jog for Kreuzman, folks. This woman is proving that anything is truly possible when you believe in yourself, a lesson she learned while running three marathons across three trimesters.
Forward Is a Pace: Running for Joy, Not Just Speed
Kreuzman set a monumental goal of running 50 marathons in 50 states. What’s absolutely mind-blowing is that this goal didn’t even flinch when she found out she was pregnant. Talk about commitment! She told Channel 9’s Elsa Gillis, “We don’t always run for speed. We run for joy a lot, and just to see our community, to see the world.” That’s a perspective we could all use more of, right?
The Around the Crown race itself sounds like the perfect stage for Kreuzman’s inspiring run. She calls it Charlotte’s “best and biggest hometown race,” praising how well it’s run and how incredibly inclusive it is. They’ve got a stroller division, an adaptive athlete division, and accommodations for “any walk of life to get up to that start line.” It’s an event that champions exactly what Kreuzman embodies: a path forward for everyone.
Three Marathons, Three Trimesters: Lessons from the Pavement
This weekend’s 10K with her daughters is far from a first for this longtime runner and running coach. Kreuzman has literally grown as an athlete alongside her kids. Can you even imagine? She shared how running has been “a huge part, not only of life but a pregnancy for me.” Here’s the kicker: when she was pregnant with her first, she didn’t even know it and was training for a race, only finding out after that marathon! Then, she went on to complete three marathons through every trimester. “It was just cool. It’s really cool to grow your body and grow a human, and grow as a person through movement,” she said, and honestly, that’s an understatement.
Through these incredible experiences, Kreuzman has learned the power of flexibility and adaptability, and how crucial it is to always find that path forward. Her wisdom resonates beyond the race course: “It might not be necessarily what you anticipated, you expected, but forward is a pace, and to respect that and honor that, and just have gratitude for that ability, no matter what that looks like.”
So, this weekend, as Kim Kreuzman pushes her double stroller and her two children across the finish line in Charlotte, she’s doing more than completing a 10K. She’s giving us all a masterclass in resilience, joy, and the unstoppable spirit of a mother. That’s a race everyone needs to watch.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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