“I run because it makes me feel good about myself…even on the hardest runs I always feel accomplished when the run is over.” Meet Martina Grant👋 an NYRR member and volunteer who started running in the summer of 2010 to get fit. The following year she signed up for her first half marathon and has been involved with the NYRR community ever since. “The feeling of accomplishment was wonderful and sharing this feeling with thousands of other women was extremely inspiring.” 💗 After that experience she signed up for more NYRR races and then decided to join NYRR Group Training to improve her running. Martina said that through Group Training she was able to connect with other runners who all shared her interest in running and bettering themselves. “I was even more motivated when the program came closer to home in Astoria Park with coaches and fellow participants who lived in my community.” In 2019, Martina started attending Open Run sessions in Crocheron Park, which she said was “li...