Episode 10: Running for Your Community | Lisa Loughran

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We introduced you to her yesterday, but meet Lisa Loughran!

We met Lisa in Cape Cod this year at the ZOOMA Women's Race Series where she was celebrating her 50th birthday with some girlfriends. Lisa's birthday was actually on the 1st (Happy Belated Birthday)!

When Carrie Miller and Lisa first met, she had mentioned that she wanted to finish the race in 1:55 (which was Carrie's pace time). They ran nearly the whole race together until Carrie kicked her forward at the very end!

Running with a group of 15, Lisa got to talking and by mile 4 asked if she could share an inspirational story. She told the group about TeamNora, which was started for a young mom in Upstate, NY who battled with colon cancer and who Lisa actually didn't know all too well.

However, being the wonderful person that she is, Lisa still felt inclined to help; driven by the saying "Do small things with great love."

Nora unfortunately didn't have much time, as her cancer was only found at Stage 4, but Lisa knew her long enough to know that Nora lived by her same montra "Do small things with great love."

Team Nora launched in honor of Nora's legacy, and on TeamNora.net the community helps any family in their area that needs assistance driving to appointments, house cleaning, preparing meals and countless other small acts of kindness. Team Nora is locally funded and is run by Nora's widower Ed.

Lisa's kindness doesn't stop here. She also is a part of three different charity runs in her area including; Gold For Mac, TeamNora and Roger's Run (rogersrun4amc.com) which is held for Lisa's son Roger who was born with a physical ailment called Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC).

Within 2 minutes of hearing Lisa's story, we knew we wanted to help in supporting Team Nora and all of the great things it does for the community.

Thank you Lisa so much for sharing your story! We know it wasn't a coincidence that our paths crossed!

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