She’s never missed Bloomsday

Sylvia Quinn had never been a runner.

Nearly 50 years ago when her husband, Patrick, asked Quinn to take a couple laps around with him on the running track on Fairchild Air Force Base, she hesitated. Her comfort zone was in the pit at the end of the long-jump track, playing in the sand with her daughter and watching Patrick from afar as he ran himself breathless.

But Patrick insisted that she give running a shot, so Quinn stood up, brushed off the sand and started to jog on the track alongside her husband.

It didn’t go so well.

Just one lap in and she was bending over catching her breath. She was done/ Whitney Ogden , SR. More here.

Question: How many Bloomsday races have you run?