Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Simon Gruber! Name Simon Gruber Age 28 Hometown/Current City Minneapolis Number of Marathons Zero. Favorite Race Completed Get in Gear Half Marathon, the farthest I’d ever run until a couple weeks ago. Favorite Location To Train I’ve done a lot of my mid-length runs […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Andrew Shimota! Name Andrew Shimota Age 26 Hometown/Current City Minneapolis Number of Marathons Zero. Favorite Race Completed Dave Ryan 5K & Warrior Dash Favorite Location To Train Mississippi River Trails and Cedar Lake Trail. Favorite Running Pump-Up Song Music tastes are all over the […]

Meet another member of the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team: Sara Shaw! Name Sara Shaw Age 31 Hometown/Current City Davenport, Iowa – Quad Cities Number of Marathons Zero. This will be my first! Favorite Race Completed I run a 7 mile race every year in my hometown–The Bix 7.  This year will be #21! […]

I am running with the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team in the Twin Cities Marathon this year (don’t worry, I’m running the doctor-ordered 10 mile distance). I’m happy to be working with the AHA and the Twin Cities Marathon to raise awareness and funds for heart disease! From now until race day, […]

It’s summer, it’s running season, and I’m really happy to be working with the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team this year. It’s the first time the AHA has fielded a charity team for the Twin Cities Marathon and it is, ahem, a cause after my own heart. Over the next 10 training […]