Heidi Hahn-Schroeder, Columbia Nursing, signed up for the marathon as a bucket-list item, but the goal has grown more meaningful since her father's death.
Kevin Capata has been an athlete since childhood, but didn't start running until high school after a long day in the car with his family made him restless.
Running the NYC Marathon will be a way for Jennifer Kosakowski to remember her fiance, who was killed in a traffic accident, and raise money for an organization that combats similar fatalities
Vicky Leavitt, Sergievsky Center, ran her first marathon 13 years ago when a friend suggested it. The idea was crazy enough that she had to follow through.