April Mom of the Month

Our April Mom of the Month is Claudia Gay. She joined Stroller Strides in October 2010 and has been attending since. Claudia has one daughter, Juliana who is one of the sweetest girls we have in class. Juliana never makes a sound in class, I think she enjoys coming as much as her Mom does.

Claudia has made impressive progress since she first joined classes. She went from someone who stated over and over again that she “couldn’t run” to completing a 5K in January while pushing her stroller into the intense Corpus wind.  The day before the 5K many other Moms were all talking about the upcoming relay marathon that Corpus has every year. I can still remember Claudia telling me that she can’t run a mile, much less 1/6 of a marathon. After completing that 5K the next day I told her I was putting her on the team for the relay marathon because I knew she could handle the run.

Since February Claudia has been attending our weekly training runs and has improved her time each run even with the added distance weekly. In fact she is now running other days of the week BEFORE she comes to class. Claudia has really been doing well, stepped up her exercise regime and is a great person to be around.

Congrats Claudia on being Mom of the Month. I can’t wait to see you conquer your leg of Beach to Bay in May. I am so glad you joined Stroller Strides.