{"id":374,"date":"2025-03-26T02:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/?p=374"},"modified":"2025-03-26T02:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:24:18","slug":"this-weeks-featured-runner-is-marie-lehman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/this-weeks-featured-runner-is-marie-lehman\/","title":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s featured runner is Marie Lehman!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-375\" src=\"http:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marie-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marie.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-376\" src=\"http:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marie2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marie2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runeureka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marie2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2025 marks Marie\u2019s sixth year participating in the run some fashion, which has evolved into a family event. Her husband, Jeff, who has previously participated as a runner, will continue his role as the driver of the chase vehicle. Their son, Carson, who joined as a runner for the first time last year, will be returning, and their daughter, Breanna, will be participating as a runner for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Marie draws inspiration for the run from her 20 years working in healthcare. \u201cMy passion has always been working with children. I have been there when we have had to tell families the devastating news that their child has cancer, and it is heartbreaking. I have also met some wonderful families, and I participate in the St. Jude run because it is an opportunity to give back and maybe restore hope in those who may feel like there is none.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite thing about the run is the time in the morning when we all get together and say a prayer then listen to stories from St. Jude patients. It is a great way to remind us all why we are there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite run would be last year\u2019s run because Jeff and I got to drive the chase vehicle, and our son Carson ran for the first time. I loved that he got to experience the run and how much impact a little community could have to help fight childhood cancer.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Marie and family, your kindness and generosity are inspiring. Thank you for supporting St. Jude and being part of our run family!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 marks Marie\u2019s sixth year participating in the run some fashion, which has evolved into a family event. Her husband, Jeff, who has previously participated as a runner, will continue his role as the driver of the chase vehicle. Their son, Carson, who joined as a runner for the first time last year, will beContinue reading &rarr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-thumb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeureka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}