In today’s episode Caroline Moyer and I talk about her long-standing relationship with running that took a brief hiatus as she recovered from a terrible bike accident. But she’s working her way up to get back on that proverbial horse and is training for her first Iron Man this September all while beginning her new position as a pediatric oncology nurse. As they say, not all super heroes wear capes, and nurses are definitely included.
Caroline has been running since middle school on her school’s cross-country team. She’s just fell in love with the freedom of running and kept that love through high school. Even when things got too competitive for her as she was seeking recruitment to college athletic departments. The competition dimmed her love of the sport but only slightly until she rediscovered running as a destressing tool rather than it being a competitive sport.
She ran her first 26.2 in 2021, and she did it just for fun! (What? No medal?!) She then ran the Philly Marathon in November at a time to potentially qualify for Boston – she just has to wait a few months to see if she made the cut.
In the meantime, she was hoping to begin her next adventure into completing an Iron Man as she is also an avid swimmer, when she got into a terrible bike accident in which she flipped over the handle bars of her bike and dislocated her shoulder; an injuring requiring surgery and a lot of rehab. She’s now slowly working her confidence back to be able to return to bike riding and still has her hopes set on a September Iron Man event.
Caroline also shared with me that this April, she will begin her position at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a pediatric oncology nurse, which if you know me, you know how much nurses hold a special place in my heart.
Listen to her whole story in this episode and let me know what you think at runningonoptimism@gmail.com.
