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A Look Back at One of the Happiest Marathons of My Life
Race Recap · March 22, 2020

A Look Back at One of the Happiest Marathons of My Life

Congratulations to all who ran the Los Angeles Marathon presented by ASICS. I seriously feel like we ran the last marathon on the planet — for a little while anyways.

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2017 Kona Marathon Race RecapRace Recap · July 20, 2017

2017 Kona Marathon Race Recap

Sunday morning June 25th, my first quarter marathon. I've done hundreds of marathons, but never a quarter — and Kona was the perfect place for it.

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The Marathon That Never WasStory · October 2015

The Marathon That Never Was

The 2012 New York City Marathon was supposed to be marathon number 32 in my streak of 52 marathons in 52 weeks. Then Sandy hit.

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In the press

What they’re writing

runnersworld

“We were both in the thick of long training runs,” recalls Twist. “We needed a spark, and Julie said she’d heard about this book, maybe we should read it.”

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latimes.com

You might remember Julie Weiss from the last time we wrote about her, in 2013, when she was celebrating running her 52nd marathon … in 52 weeks.

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la-story.com

One would think spring had sprung weeks ago with the 80+ degrees, but that doesn’t stop marathoners. Nor would it stop a specific marathoner, Julie Weiss known as the “Marathon Goddess” from running her 100th marathon here in LA on Valentine’s Day to honor her dad!

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NBC Los Angeles

A Southern California woman known as the “Marathon Goddess” is on a mission to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer the only way she knows how: by running.

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Santa Monica Daily Press

When Julie Weiss feels tired, when her feet start hurting, her body starts aching and her willpower starts fading, all she has to do to keep going is think of her father.

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