We had another great month at Team Sheila Dennis! This month we have welcomed a lot of new faces and had some familiar faces return to the morning circle. Three new residential teammates joined us: Keeya, Mae, and Eleanor – all three ladies ran a mile on their first day and were doing hill sprints on day two! We also welcomed back Lynne and Sue who are awesome, long time BoMF volunteers, they will be leading some of our morning runs. It is great to have them back with the BoMF family! In addition we welcomed two new non-residential teammates: Cassandra and Brendan, we are happy to see them every Wednesday morning!
The team participated in the Caesar Rodney 5K in Wilmington, DE and it was a great time! This was Dawn’s first race ever and she ran an amazing race! She was surrounded by teammates: Sue, Laura, Stephanie, and Shrestha who sang The Eye of the Tiger song to her – what motivation! We are so proud of Dawn. It was also Shrestha and Laura’s first 5K race, even though Laura has run a few half marathons, I guess she just forgot there were shorter races out there! Jess also ran the 5K, this was his 3rd time on this course and he had another great race along side of his running buddy Megan who paced him through it. And with Katie, George, and Sheila cheering right before the finish line – it couldn’t have been a better morning! This may have been the team’s first race, but it certainly won’t be the last. They are already planning for the one next month!
Res of the month – Sheila!
Sheila joined the team at the end of the year and has been an inspiration ever since. She was one of the first woman to raise her hand and say she wanted to train for a race and has been running along side her teammates ever since. Even after moving out of the shelter at the end of the month, Sheila has continued to keep in touch with the team and made sure to come to our race in Wilmington. She is a wonderful woman who truly cares about the team and getting Back on Her Feet! We are so proud to have her on our team.
Non-res of the month – Laura!
Not only is Laura our non-res of the month, she is our coach! She is the person who wakes us up and gets us moving in the morning. Laura brings some calming yoga to the circle to make sure we are stretched out and injury free. She is a wonderful teammate who takes the time to get to know each of the woman and finds a running program that works for them as individuals. We love having Laura on our team!
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