Andrea Pomaranski

Andrea grew up in a family that loved sports of all kinds (two of my brothers played collegiate baseball and one ran Division I cross country), and after starting to run in high school to stay in shape for softball, she quickly realized she had more potential as a runner and went on to become a 3 time All-American and American Junior record holder at Miami University. Post collegiately, she took several years off to follow her husband while he played professional hockey, and after beginning to train again, whittled her marathon time from 2:58 down to 2:37 in 14 months. Later that year, she had what she thought was a career ending injury and stopped running altogether to start a family. After a decade off (and 5 children later), she resumed training and in less than a year completed an Ironman, 4 marathons, and ran in the US Olympic Trials.  She hopes to show busy Moms that they can be wonderful mothers, while still pursuing their own dreams and passions, and hopefully inspiring their own children to grow up and do the same.