Breaking Ribbons 100 Mile Bridge Run

*Running is something that’s far bigger than me and pushing myself. *

Besides challenging myself and exploring my limits, I run to inspire others and to give back. Over the past several years, I’ve worn a custom race singlet with three cancer ribbons. Each ribbon representing three people close to my heart who have battled cancer and are no longer with us in this world, but their spirits live on.

Anita Cass, Julia Tomasovich, and Noah Mayberry are the three individuals represented by the ribbons on my singlet.

I’ve made donations over the years in their memory that match my race fees, and I knew I wanted to do something bigger as the thought continued to weigh on my heart the over the past three years.

With that thought in my mind, I wrote down a goal in 2023 to launch Breaking Ribbons and complete a 100 mile fundraiser run in support of families who have loved ones facing various forms of cancer. Breaking Ribbons will eventually become it’s own non-profit organization; this is the starting point for now.

I’m choosing to run 100 miles on the Ravenel Bridge in Charleston, SC, as this is the most difficult challenge that I can possibly think of that’s close to home. 20 laps and over 7,000 feet of climbing…bring it.

In an ideal world, we do not have these ribbons because we have cures. In addition, when you win a race, the winner breaks tape. Hence, breaking ribbons.

Every penny raised from this fundraiser will be provided to at least three families with a loved one currently battling cancer. Families will be hand picked through the support of the Mayberry, Tomasovich, and Cass families.