WEEKEND WARRIOR Photo by Tindall Stephens
Torey C. Roberts,
Running and Line Dancing
63; Retired USPS Letter Carrier; Master Gardener at Agri Center; Friends of Orpheum Volunteer; Mitchell H.S. Alumni Association Historian; Life Church: Red Bag, and Bellevue Baptist Church: Arise 2 Read
INSPIRATION TO BE FIT: I want to be healthy and stay in shape.
FAVE FITNESS ACCOMPLISHMENT: I placed second in my age group out of 171 women in the USA at the St. Jude 5k.
RECENT RACES: At Run Run Rudolph in Phoenix, Arizona, I placed third in my age group. MEMORABLE FITNESS EVENT: The South Dakota Mount Rushmore Half Marathon.
BUCKET LIST: I’d like to go on a Colorado ski trip.
SETBACKS: I had a hairline fracture in my little toe and still placed second in my age group in a race a week later and the death of my Father.
GO-TO GEAR: Apple Watch and Brooks Ghost Running Shoes.
FAVORITE JAM: “Can’t Let Go” by Earth, Wind & Fire
BING-WATCHING: Lifetime TV BEST EATS: I like Bahama Breeze and I enjoy their Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Ultimate Pina Colada.
ON MY NIGHTSTAND: “Becoming” by Michelle Obama
MY FAV INDULGENCE: Hanging out with the girls!
UP NEXT: A half marathon in Maui, Hawaii. I will then have run in all 50 States! I
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RUNNING: Running gives me personal time to reflect on life and God’s goodness.
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