We are talking with Erica Finedell, a self-proclaimed running nut. Erica and her family live in Galesburg, MI, and she and her “Four Chicks and a Guy” Team participated in the Marathon Relay as part of the Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon.
I’ve been a nurse at Ascension Borgess Hospital since 2002. I didn’t have the opportunity to participate in track or cross country growing up, as my father was ill and passed away right before I graduated high school. I was taking care of him for a couple of years. So, when I was older and on my own, working at the Borgess Heart Center, I started running with my girlfriends. We decided to enter the 5K at the Borgess Run for the Health of It! It was about this same time that I met my future husband; he was 100 pounds heavier.
Richard also worked in the ER. In 2006, he had a terrible snowmobile accident. The result was broken ribs, a lacerated kidney, and liver. After he healed up, he was committed to losing the extra 100 pounds, so he started running, and since we both worked in the ER, I started to see his transformation.
