There's a lot more to it than just running.

I can't believe it. It's just so surreal. I've been running on adrenalin. Now, I'm just going to enjoy myself, maybe even have some alcohol.

The weather couldn't get much worse than what we had last Saturday. We were running up the lake and at one point I couldn't even see in front of the boat. We had to shut her down and fish an area we hadn't planned on working.

Locally, we're just getting started with Girls on the Run, and we'd like to grow and expand the program to other communities.

One of our goals is to provide young girls with character-building life skills that can help them avoid risky adolescent behaviors, such as drug or alcohol use, early sexual activity and eating disorders.

A lot of girls don't love to run, and that's OK. They can skip, hop, jump, dance or do cartwheels. The goal simply is to keep moving.