Meg

Distance Relay
Written By Mona Angéline

Meg is very proud of starting her running passion in her mid-thirties. Just to reassure, I let her know I started around then, too! She would like to participate in the 2026 Reno-Tahoe-Odyssey, where teams of twelve-or-so runners cover a stunning 178 miles in the Sierras.

Meg recently ran her first race, the Reno Journal Jog, shown in her photo. Her smile shows her love for running. But really, it probably stems from spotting the finish line 200 meters ahead!

Meg’s plan will slowly progress her from an average of six miles per week with the Reno Mikkeller Running Club to increased endurance. There may be a few doubles in her future, too! But let’s not get ahead of ourselves—Meg has many months to prepare, and we’ve got her back.

When she isn’t running, she loves to climb! Core and leg strength needed in climbing will provide a strong basis to keep her injury risk low, and we’ll make sure she has enough time for these activities.

Good luck in your journey, Meg!

Mona Angéline

Mona Angéline is an unapologetically vulnerable writer, reader, book reviewer, artist, athlete, and scientist. She honors the creatively unconventional, the authentically "other". She shares her emotions because the world tends to hide theirs. She is a new writer, but her work was recently accepted in Flash Fiction Magazine, Grand Dame Literary, tiny wren lit, Down in the Dirt Magazine, The Viridian Door, The Machine, Whisky Blot Magazine, and The Academy of Mind and Heart. She loves to review books and has written them for the /tƐmz/ Review, the Ampersand Review, and the Beakful Litblog. Sooner or later she will have to condense this list… Mona is also a regular guest editor for scientific journals although she doesn't use a pen name when her engineering PhD degree is involved. She lives bicoastally in Santa Cruz, California, and in New York and savors life despite, or maybe because of, her significant struggles with chronic illness and mild disability. Learn about her musings at creativerunnings.com. Follow her on Instagram under @creativerunnings and on Twitter at @creativerunning.

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