Houstonian Sandra Ruiz got inspired to become a runner several years ago when her daughter was on the cross country team. Now, she’s run more than 2,400 miles — in just the past year.
Ruiz runs every day. She gets up in the morning at 4 a.m. to meet her friend at 4:30. They’re done running by 6 — just in time to go to work.
She ran her first half marathon in 2014.
“To which my kids said I was half crazy,” Ruiz said. “And I surprised them when I announced that I would run a full marathon the following year — proving that I was fully crazy.”
Since then, Ruiz has run in five marathons and has qualified for both the Boston and New York City marathons.