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April Lund: Back on Track
Life tends to knock us all off course now and again. April Lund has been knocked to the bottom, but she has survived -- abuse, addiction, personal loss, and most recently a battle with breast implant illness. She shares details of her story along with her faith in God, which helped her get back on her feet -- and back on track -- every time.
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How This North Dakota Runner Beat Alcoholism on Her Way to a 2:49 MarathonApril Lund realized her drinking was leading her down a dark path. To get out of it, she poured her energy into running.
It all came crashing down one morning in April 2015, when April Lund was 32. The evening before, she had stayed out late drinking, and she woke up alone in her apartment in Bismarck, North Dakota, with no idea of how she got there. “I blacked out completely,” she told Runner’s World. “That’s when I knew I had to change my life.” Read more... |
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Someone You Should Know: Marathoner Hurdles Over Alcoholism on the Way to Elite StatusThere's “putting one foot in front of the other.” And then there's what April Lund is doing.
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Personal trainer outruns alcoholism
The reigning champ in the Bismarck Half Marathon remembers a time not so long ago when mornings began with an alcohol-induced fog, not award-winning race finishes.
Three years ago, April Lund was more than 60 pounds overweight and struggling with the disease of alcohol addiction. Read more... |
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Trainer strives to improve lives
For April Lund, the finish line of a half marathon is not the end of the race. The Bismarck personal trainer likes to look for members of her track club and run alongside them as she cheers them on.
“She encourages them to keep going and do the best they can,” said Skip Duemeland, one of Lund’s clients. Read more... |
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Look what she did: April LundTwo years ago April Lund was, as she says, a “hot mess.”
“I was 65 pounds heavier. My body fat percentage was 44.8 percent,” she recalls. “I wanted to get back into shape. Running had always been my passion, but I thought it would be a whole lot more fun if my friends ran with me. So there was a group of eight of us that ran together in what we called our ‘track club.'” Read more... |
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GYS Track Club turns strangers into family
Getting back in shape isn't easy for anyone, but a new club in Bismarck is opening the doors to fitness for people of all ages.
They don't have a uniform, but they're a team. They don't share a last name, but they're a family. Read more... |
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Two North Dakota Women Receive Top Honors from the Women's Business Center
Center for Technology & Business (CTB), which operates the North Dakota Women’s Business Center, held their sixth annual Women’s Business Summit October 29-30 in Bismarck. The event brought together women from across the state for a unique networking and professional development opportunity designed to strengthen the state of women owned businesses in North Dakota.
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Bismark Personal Trainer Nominated for National Award
A recovering alcoholic, April Lund was inspired by her future husband and joining Gold's Gym to clean up her lifestyle. Soon, she shed half her body weight and set a goal to run in a half marathon, which after overcoming self doubt to place second in her first go 'round, upped the goal ante to winning the marathon. In 2016, she won the Bismark Half Marathon, improving her time by a full minute over the previous year.
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