Today I am a finisher of 258 marathoners in all 50 states, not once, but twice, and in January, 2022, I will finally complete my 3rd round of the 50 states in Maui oceanfront marathon. Professionally, I am a Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Yoga Teacher, Certified Health Coach and a Running Coach, all in all, I'm a Health and Human Performance Coach, I have a Masters of Science in Human Performance. My work is amazing, its my passion, it inspires me to helps others live their best life. In another life, I was an accountant and worked in finance from 1995-2008. When the market crashed and my hedge fund collapse, I saw it as an opportunity to follow my own truth, to carve out a path that made my heart sing, to create a life I don't need a vacation from, so I went back to school and started anew. I studied what mattered to me most. As an avid marathoner i went to a running work shop and then another and then another, as an avid Yogini I went to a teacher training weekend and then another and then another, I have been practicing yoga since the 1990's so it only made sense to get my certification to teach. As an avid consumer of bodywork, I decided to go to massage school so I can learn more about my own body and how it worked and how I can help myself mitigate injuries from all the marathons I put on my body. I started my company, Marathon Massage, to fill a niche that I couldn't find when I was searching. i work primarily with runners and cyclists and I am grateful to be doing work that is meaningful to me, work that I deeply value, and that nourishes me just as much as my clients. Back to running, after running 100 marathons I decided I needed a new challenge, so I became a Pacer; today I have paced many marathons all over the country and In March I am delighted to be Pacing the Rome Marathon and in April the Manchester Marathon, hopefully in October, London will resume with pacers and I will go to London to Pace like I was supposed to in 2020. I have pace the New York City Marathon for 8 years now and and Chicago for 4. Some Running highlights, I am Titanium level Marathon Maniac and Sun level in the sister club, the Half Fanatics, I have run 5 marathons and a half marathons in 5 days and have completed four 100 milers. I won the Honest Abe trail marathon in Indiana in sept 2011 and the Stars and Stripes Half marathon in Oregon in July 2019, and I was the winner of the Quadzuki Challenge (running 4 half marathons in 4 days over July 4th weekend in 2019 in Oregon) personally, I am married to my best friend and a wonderful man that I met at a marathon, and we got engaged at a marathon and we got married, or Maui'd as I like to say, at Maui Oceanfront Marathon in 2014. I live a life of passion and have deep gratitude for what my body can do (i'm planning another 100 miler in February) but 24 years ago, I was completely bedridden. I had a brain tumor that left me nearly paralyzed and I had to relearn how to stand, walk, and eventually run in my mid 20's. What was supposed to kill me only made me stronger. today I inspire others through Pacing, through Coaching, with Nutritional help (I became interested in nutrition when I was diagnosed back in 1997 with an inoperable tumor and have been Whole Food Plant based since 200), and of course with bodywork, because I know what it's like to live in pain and fear that your body isn't working right. I do everything today to be healthy and try to impart on my clients that their body is the only body they will ever have, they have to honor it and take care of it and treat it like a temple, and not an afterthought and if you take care of it, it will take care of them. I try to inspire my clients to not give up on themselves, to not give up on their dreams, and to not take no for an answer, as long as you are breathing there is always a way around whatever roadblock is in your path, don't get defeated, use it as a stepping stone, because that is all it is.
Connect and celebrate with Julia: Facebook & Instagram profile: JuliaKGarling
Website: marathonmassage.massagetherapy.com
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