Anne Mahlum
Shoe Size: 8
Age: 27
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Anne Mahlum
Founder and President
Thank you for visiting our site and I can say with such
confidence that inside these pages you will find
inspiration, motivation, determination and commitment. The
Back on My Feet program is 100 percent about results and our
team is 100 percent committed to our mission of promoting
the self-sufficiency of Philadelphia's homeless population
by engaging them in running as a means to build confidence,
strength and self-esteem.
I’ve been a runner for most of my life and throughout the
years running has not only been my best friend, but it has
taught me some of the greatest life lessons and it gives me
so much pleasure to be able to share these experiences with
the members of Back on My Feet. Life is about choosing
different roads in life and our program teaches the
importance of choosing the right roads lined with
opportunity, hope and happiness.
A little about me…It's on the very very very flat streets of
Bismarck that I discovered I was a runner. Running feeds my
mind and soul; it has become my daily therapy and it is
because of running that I can fly. Each step reminds me that
there are no impossible dreams just like there are no
unsolvable problems. There is just our limited perception of
what is possible and only I get the luxury of determining
what's possible for me. One of my goals is to run a marathon
in all seven continents by the age of thirty. I have four
continents down and will be going to Austrialia this summer.I am hoping that global warming kicks in before I head up to Antartica...
I have lived in Philly for almost two and a half years. In addition to Back on My Feet, I am a marketing consulting with a specific focus on social and sports marketing.
I enjoy playing chess (correction, winning at chess) ,
traveling, reading - my new favorite book “The World is
Flat” by Thomas Friedman – he’s a brilliant writer. I always
find inspiration in books that deal with everyday
expressions of life in their attempt to grasp bigger
concepts and ideologies. I went to college in Minnesota and
graduate school in D.C, but I am astutely aware that
learning comes not only from paying attention in class, but
from listening to the symphonious sound of the city,
watching people as they shuffle from one destination to the
next and of course, from running through the streets of the
most affluent neighborhoods to those that have experienced a
little more hardship.
Some words I live by:
"You have to be the change you want to see in the world."
"While we cannot control everything that happens to us in life, we can control how we respond."
"Watch your thoughts for they become your words, choose your words for they become your actions, understand your actions for they become your habits, study your habits for they become your character, develop your character for it becomes your destiny."
Warmest regards,
Anne Mahlum |
