Rachael Lansdown Born and raised in Southern California, I moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma three years ago. Moving from the west coast to mid-west was quite the culture shock, to say the least. While in California most of my running experience was running on a treadmill about 30 minutes, four times a week. But here in Tulsa, I discovered that there were wonderful parks and trails that were readily accessible for running. Basically, my running journey consisted of a few 5k’s and running along Riverside. Then I got this hair-brain idea, I decided to try to run the Route 66 quarter-marathon. When I finished that race, I suddenly had a great desire to run further distances, but really did not know how to properly train for such a feat. I stumbled across Runner’s World. I noticed their sign one day and asked my friend to check them out. She had been training with another running store, to which I was not overly impressed with their program and was hoping that Runner’s World had a running program, which would help me accomplish running further distances. We were in luck! Runner’s World had a program that was FREE, and Coach Kathy was so confident that I could reach my running goal. From that moment on, I decided to commit myself to the running program, my motto became, “Running My Race!” Little did I know Runner’s World, would not only provide for me a great training program for running, but I met my “Super Runner Girl” friend Linda, with whom I am presently a team-lead for TEAM SRG. Linda and I have accomplished a few of our running milestones together, running our first half-marathon and full-marathon, along with several other races and miles of training runs. Runner’s World is where I would also find another partner, my husband Allen. We met while training for the OKC half-marathon 3 years ago. He says, it was at this race, that he knew I was the “one.” This line still makes me laugh. Allen will also be returning to running this year, as a member of TEAM SRG, this comes after a year’s hiatus from running and his return from Afghanistan. I am honored to have the opportunity to be a co-run leader with Linda. As we lead TEAM SRG, under the guidance of Kathy & Brian. I believe we are going to have an incredible and successful run season! And yes, Linda and I may have to break out the capes!!
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