{"id":297,"date":"2017-04-17T03:08:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T03:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bunewsservice.com\/marathon2017\/?p=297"},"modified":"2017-04-17T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T09:48:10","slug":"runner-profiles-new-yorker-arielle-weinstein-runs-her-first-boston-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bunewsservice.com\/marathon2017\/marathon-2017\/runner-profiles-new-yorker-arielle-weinstein-runs-her-first-boston-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yorker Arielle Weinstein Runs Her First Boston Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

By M.J. Tidwell<\/strong>
\nBoston University News Service<\/p>\n

Three years ago, New Yorker Arielle Weinstein got the type of news no one wants to get. Her mother was\u00a0diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/p>\n

But now, Arielle\u2019s mother is cancer free, and her daughter attributes some part of that to her fit and active lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Arielle says she saw\u00a0how exercise helped her mother boost her energy and lower her stress levels, allowing her body to heal. Long an active athlete and runner herself, this inspired her to run her home race, the New York City Marathon, a year later in 2015.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, she ate something that didn\u2019t agree with her stomach the night before the big race and fell ill during the run. Still, like mother, like daughter; Arielle refused to give up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI finished under four hours,\u201d she said, \u201con cloud nine, wanting to do another race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now she\u2019s geared up for her most challenging race yet: the Boston Marathon. Once again, she\u2019s drawing inspiration from her mother and running to raise money for the charity Aktiv Against Cancer.<\/p>\n

Aktiv Against Cancer works to integrate exercise into cancer treatment through a research partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, instructor training programs, physical fitness center donations, and oncology education programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecent research indicates the benefits of physical activity extend beyond controlling symptoms and side effects of cancer therapy,\u201d Aktiv\u2019s website states. \u201cIt is shown to reduce cancer progression and improve a patient’s response to anticancer therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the website, the charity has donated over $14 million towards its mission.<\/p>\n

Arielle is proud to say she\u2019s a part of that effort, raising over $5,000 for Aktiv during her training for the Boston Marathon. She and eight other runners are part of the Aktiv team on CrowdRise and have raised funds through workouts and training sessions.<\/p>\n

Arielle also held an event for friends and coworkers to donate to the cause, sharing camaraderie over drinks.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say the training has been easy. Arielle works in the Amazon Fashion Studio in Brooklyn, New York, so she didn\u2019t exactly have long leisurely days to prepare.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a very active job, so it\u2019s hard to run after work.\u201d she said. “The past 3.5 months I have been going to the gym during the week and doing my long run on the weekend.”<\/p>\n

“I also did a sound bath last week since I was nervous about my registration,” she added. Sound baths are meditative experiences that\u00a0involve the sound of gongs and crystal bowls, which Arielle uses to relax.<\/p>\n

Pre-race jitters are normal, especially when confronting 26 miles of road to cover culminating in the comfortingly-named \u201cHeartbreak Hill.”<\/p>\n

With the money she\u2019s raised already for Aktiv and the hard training behind her, Arielle says she feels ready for her first marathon\u00a0in Boston and has her eye on the finish line.<\/p>\n

She also has her priorities in order.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m already excited to eat a burger after the race and have a cider!\u201d<\/p>\n

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