Mariah Eldfrick

I'm Mariah Eldfrick and 2021 will be my 7th season running 52.4. I married to my wonderful husband Jacob who has also run 52.4 before.

I’ve always been a runner but I started doing 52.4 because my sweet mother-in-law told me about it and really thought I should try it out. I keep running because I see the joy and testing it brings about in my life as well as the huge impact it brings to those precious kids in India. These past few years I’ve been running with some pretty bad knee pains so I’ve finished each half marathon anywhere from 2 hours and 15 min. to 3+ hours. My piece of advice for doing 52.4 is to just do it, even if you think you can’t. Try not to have any expectations of yourself or compare yourself to others racing because the main goal is to ultimately love those kids in India and glorify God in the process.