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Running for me is a huge anxiety and depression reliever.
ROBERTA DUBS
Dr. Kimberly Kolkhorst Gastroenterologist at Essentia Health-Fargo
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It was her sister that got Roberta Dubs into running. “It was in 2008 or 2009, and I started with a basic 5K,” recalls Dubs, who serves as a lead for reception staff at the Essentia Health-32nd Avenue Clinic.
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“My family then looked at me and asked, ‘Why not train for the half?’ and I was like, ‘Don’t push it.’ “But by the next fall, I was training for my first half,” she admitted.
Dubs ran the Fargo Half Marathon in 2010 and her second half – the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth – in 2011. Since then, she’s continued to run 5Ks and another half-marathon. “Running for me is a huge anxiety and depression reliever,” explained Dubs who is part of an FSR (faster stronger runner) group. “My running group is like my second family. I love it.” But what if you couldn’t keep doing what you love?