Media, Honors, and Awards

RunningBrooke Quick Fact Sheet

Articles by Brooke Sydnor Curran – Founder, RunningBrooke

- - 10/03/19 RunningBrooke to Celebrate 10 Years of Success – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 04/16/18 Best Practice #5 – Get Moving: Promoting Safe Routes to School for Student Health – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 03/15/18 Best Practice #4 – Get Moving: Making the Most out of Recess – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 03/08/18 Best Practice #3 – Get Moving: Developing Happier, Healthier and Smarter Children – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 03/01/18 Best Practice #2 – Get Moving: Physically Active Classrooms Equal Success – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 02/26/18 Best Practice #1 – Get Moving: Inspiring Movement in Alexandria – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 02/20/18 5 Best Practices – Get Moving: Active Kids in Alexandria Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 10/19/17 My 5 Marathon Training Must-Haves – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 06/26/17 Move2Learn: Experts encourage physical activity in schools – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 05/18/17 Marathon Mom: How Running Helped Me Build an Organization that Helps 10,000 Children – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 03/16/17 Academic Success: It’s About Science, Not Luck – Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 02/09/17 Mini Moves to Fight Winter Blues – Alexandria Gazette Packet

In the Schools

- - 09/08/2019 Brain-Boosting Stationary Bikes Coming to All ACPS Elementary Schools – ACPS Express: News from Alexandria City Public Schools, – ACPS Office of Communications
  - Recognized as an ACPS Community Partner in the Measuring What Matters report, Fall 2018

“One highlight is our partnership with RunningBrooke, which awarded $40,050 in grant funding for the 2018-19 academic school year, supporting 13 different programs across 10 different schools, including the LINK Club at Brent Place.”

- - 02/25/18 Integrating More Movement into the Classroom – ACPS Express: News from Alexandria City Public Schools, – ACPS Office of Communications
  - 09/17/17 School Bicycling Program Expands to Six New Schools Thanks to Safe Routes to School Grant – ACPS Express: News from Alexandria City Public Schools – ACPS Office of Communications

In the News

- - 12/06/19 Growing in ALX: Featuring RunningBrooke, Alexandria Economic Development Partnership Blog
  - 11/14/19 Mile Marker 10 – RunningBrooke Celebrates 10 Years by Jeanne Theismann, Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 10/02/19 RunningBrooke Crosses Another Big Finish Line with Four Mile Run Playground’s Ribbon Cutting, The Zebra
  - 09/12/19 Elementary students “bike to learn”: reading on stationary bikes increases comprehension and confidence by Rebecca Burnett, WDVM LocalDVM.com
  - 09/09/19 RunningBrooke: Engaging Educators to Create Engaging Classrooms, Moving Minds Blog
  - 09/05/19 Staying Active in School by Caroline B. Curran, Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 07/31/19 RunningBrooke: A Movement Revolution, Moving Minds Blog
  - Spring/Summer 2019 Back On Track After Life-Threatening Stroke, Inova INHealth; view video of Brooke’s interview here
  - 11/09/18 Richmond Marathon runner continues mission to help others, compete after adversity – by Amy Simpson, WRIC ABC8 News Richmond, VA
  - 10/25/18 Runner to race in Marine Corps Marathon; her first event since suffering brain aneurysm – by Amy Aubert, WJLA ABC7
  - 10/25/18 One Step at a Time: Curran Laces Up for the Marine Corps Marathon –
    Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 08/31/18 JMU alumna to run 117th marathon after recovery from aneurysm – James Madison University’s The Breeze
  - 01/31/18 RunningBrooke Celebrates its 2018 Move2Learn Grant Partners – The Zebra
  - 11/30/17 Comcast Newsmakers with Yolanda VazquezYour browser does not support iframes.Yolanda Vazquez talks with Brooke Curran, Founder and CEO, RunningBrooke. They discuss how RunningBrooke inspires our Alexandria’s at-risk kids to move, sparking their learning for success in school and life.

- - 10/26/17 The Few. The Proud. The 42nd Marine Corps Marathon, Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 02/15/17 RunningBrooke Celebrates 2017 Move2Learn Grant Recipients: All 15 Move2Learn grant recipients focus on RunningBrooke’s mission to get kids active to spark and enhance their academic performance., Old Town Alexandria Patch
  - 11/07/16 Run, Brooke, Run: Running for Alexandria Kids – Brooke Curran’s Commitment to the Next Generation, The Zebra
  - 11/03/16 The Few. The Proud. The 41st Marine Corps Marathon, Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 10/30/16 Marine Corps Marathon runners: How did they do?, WTOP.com
  - 10/26/16 Marathon Milestone RunningBrooke hits $1 million mark for local charities,
    Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 10/24/16 Local Non-profit RunningBrooke Founder: Brooke Curran Runs Her 100th Marathon With Marine Corp Marathon, Alexandria News
  - 10/20/16 Close to the Start Line with Team RunningBrooke, Pacers Running Blog
  - 10/03/16 100th Marathon for Alexandria Native as She Works to Renovate Playgrounds, WTOP.com | Listen to the Interview
  - 09/22/16 Playground Volunteer Day Spotlights Park Revitalization – RunningBrooke spearheads park cleanup, Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 09/08/16 ‘Dynamic Trio’ Strikes Again – City, RunningBrooke, Rebuilding Together Alexandria join forces for Taney Avenue park revamp, Alexandria Times
  - 12/15/15 Community Comes Together to Build a Playground for All Ages, AARP
  - 09/15/15 Hume Springs Transformation Marks a Milestone, NBC News Channel 4 Washington, DC (video)
  - 12/2014 “Virginia Visionaries” article in the December 2014 issue of Virginia Living magazine.
  - 11/2014 Cover Story for November/December 2014 Alexandria Woman magazine. (Special thanks to The Child & Family Network Center for opening up their doors for our photo shoot.)
  - 11/2014 Asthma and Allergies, Miami Herald
  - 02/27/14 People: Q and A with Brooke Curran, Alexandria Gazette Packet
  - 11/2013 Make the Miles Count, Competitor Magazine
  - 10/24/13 The Woman Who Ran Around the World, Washington Post TV (video)
  - 08/08/13 Brooke Curran of Alexandria has Run a Marathon a Month for Over Five Years, Washington Post
  - 02/06/13 Running with Gratitude, Alexandria Gazette
  - 10/20/12 Asthmatic Mother Running Marathon, WDIV Detroit TV4 (video)
  - 10/2012 Virginia Woman Aims to Run in Every State, Every Continent, Detroit Free Press
  - 08/08/12 Running Through the Challenges of Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm: 49 Marathons to Raise Funds to Fight Poverty, HealthyWomen.org
  - 05/17/12 Radio Interview, Fargo (may take a moment to download) KVLY, Fargo, North Dakota
  - 04/02/12 Alexandria’s Brooke Curran on winning the Antarctica Marathon, Washington Post
  - 11/2011 2011 Joan White Grassroots Volunteer Award, Mt. Vernon Voice.
  - 07/28/11 Running Brooke, NBC News Channel 4 Washington, DC (video)
  - 06/2011 Marathon Woman, DAR National Society
  - 11/2010 Marathon Veterans Just Can’t Stop, Raleigh News & Observer
  - Best Race for Charity Runners, Runner’s World

Honors

- - Board Member, School Health Advisory Board, 2018 to present
  - Board Member, ACT For Alexandria, January, 2012 to present
  - Board Member, AAN (Allergy and Asthma Network), 2011 to 2017
  - Board Member, Marathon Charity Cooperation, 2013 to 2015
  - Ambassador for the City of Alexandria
  - Ambassador, Pacers Running Stores, 2007 to present
  - Ambassador, lululemon athletica, 2009

Awards

- - 2019 Living Legend Recipient, Alexandria Living Legends
  - 2018 Winner – Alexandria Chamber of Commerce’s Best In Business Non-Profit Business of the Year Award
  - 2017 CIVIC Award, in recognition of RunningBrooke’s partnership with the City of Alexandria, Rebuilding Together and the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Activities for the improvements at Taney Avenue Park, Presentation
  - 2015 Geico Hometown Hero Award, Fox 5 News (video)
  - 2014 Virginia Visionaries, Virginia Living
  - 2013 Rising Star Award, the Alexandria Commission for Women
  - 2012 Living Legend nominee, Alexandria Living Legends
  - 2011 SuperNova, WUSA9
  - 2011 Joanne White Grassroots Volunteer Award, Volunteer Alexandria
  - 2010 RunningBrooke Proclamation of Service, Mayor William B. Euille, City of Alexandria
  - Honored at An Evening in the Heart of Alexandria, Video by Abby Sternberg, Media Masters

Running / First Place Women’s Division

- - 2013 ONU Indoor Icebreaker Marathon, Ada, OH
  - 2012 Antarctica Marathon
  - 2009 Rapa Nui Marathon, Easter Island, Chile