by Pink Gorilla | Oct 30, 2019 | Nebraska
Cairo, Nebraska is a rural town of 750 just outside of Grand Island. Pronounced Caro, the residents of this close-knit community accept their daily responsibility of correcting the easy mispronunciation. It was, after all, named Nebraska’s hardest-to-pronounce city....
by Pink Gorilla | Oct 25, 2019 | Nebraska, Uncategorized
Ten years ago, Jim Klaasmeyer was looking for a way to carve more time out of his busy schedule to spend time with his teenage daughter. She had taken up track, so if Jim wanted her time, he was going to have to run for it. “She’s very fast, I was never going to be...
by Pink Gorilla | Sep 4, 2019 | Market to Market Relay, Nebraska
In 2007, I started running and I had a silly idea to have a team running relay from Omaha to Lincoln. One of the reasons I felt that it was possible was because I discovered the Lied Bridge across the Platte River existed. This was before Google Maps existed, so I...
by Pink Gorilla | May 28, 2019 | Iowa, Market to Market Relay
The O’Polkas raised their four sons and three daughters to stand on their own two feet, but to remember that there were always 12 extra hands ready to catch them if they stumbled. As the O’Polkas watched their seven children cross the Market to Market finish line...
by Pink Gorilla | May 28, 2019 | Iowa, Partner Highlight
This is a guest blog post written by Athletico Physical Therapy. You can learn more about Athletico Physical Therapy here. ** Have you ever experienced pain or swelling in your Achilles heel after prolonged activity? Though the Achilles is the strongest tendon in the...
by Pink Gorilla | May 22, 2019 | Iowa, Market to Market Relay
As children, we were constantly asked what we were going to “be” when we grew up. For John and Abigail Hughes, there was no waiting to find out what their beautiful daughter Hazel was going to be. She already was. While many of us strive to be more patient, more...
