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JANUARY 19, 2022
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VOL LVIII • NO 4
Halfway Around The World To Run Local Woman Travels To Pisa, Italy To Race BY ANN MEAD ASH
ven though Lancaster resident Krista Hurley has been running since 2011 and running half marathons since 2012, prior to last year, the farthest she had ever traveled to run was South Dakota in 2020. On that trip, she ran the Crazy Horse Half Marathon - one of 18 half marathons and two full marathons she has now completed. A series of events in 2021 led to Hurley setting a new travel record for her running. While training for a fall half marathon, Hurley posted a photo online that led to her first European half. “I had to do a long run on a Friday morning near work,” she recalled, noting that completing eight 1-mile loops in cold, rainy weather in the darkness was a source of pride. Esther Willett, a friend of Hurley from their days at Dayspring Christian Academy, saw the photo and asked Hurley to join her and her sister, Hannah, at the Athens Marathon in
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Enjoying visiting a 13th-century castle in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany, are (from left) Esther Willett, Hannah Willett, and Krista Hurley.
Greece in November. The Willett sisters, from Millersville, currently reside in Speicher, Germany, where Esther is in the Air Force and Hannah works on base. Hurley knew she could not be prepared in time for Athens, but she learned the sisters also planned to run the Pisa Marathon in Italy in December, and that run offered a
See Around The World pg 6
Krista Hurley completed the Pisa Half Marathon in December.
Lancaster Native Qualifies For Ironman World Championships
Restart Sportsman Banquets Will Feature Justin Gibbons When Jaime Santiago, executive director and founder of Restart Training Center Ministry (RTCM), looks for speakers for his annual sportsman banquets, he often turns to attendees. “(Justin Gibbons) was referred by banquet attendee Ken Weaver,” said Santiago, who reported that Gibbons is a devoted Christian with a ministry to hunters called Limitless Outdoors. “(Gibbons’) goal is to enjoy
In October 2021, Manheim Township High School graduate and Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) alumnus Cody Kalinowski qualified for the Ironman World Championships to be held in Kona, Hawaii, in October 2022. He did so by placing in one of two open slots in his age group of males 25 to 29 in the Ironman Indiana event. See Athletic Accomplishment pg 4
Justin Gibbons
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half marathon option. “I figured if I did the half, I would still have time and energy to see things and explore the town (of Pisa),” recalled Hurley, who began a modified training regimen to keep herself in shape after finishing a local half in November. She flew from Harrisburg on Dec. 14, arriving in Frankfurt, Germany, on Dec. 15.
