cherylhile.com Archives

I do what I can and I never give up!

Hello and welcome to the cherylhile.com archives. I bought the domain back in 2015 when I set the goal to become the first person with MS to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in 12 months (8 marathons if you consider Zealandia as the 8^th continent).

I wanted to share my quest with the MS community in hopes of encouraging others to never give up and to fundraise for the MS Society. I made so many amazing friends during my journey and started Run A Myelin My Shoes (RAMMS) in 2018 to bring everyone together. I am pleased my adventures continue through RAMMS and is embodied by the 300+ teammates who are also passionate about staying active. Our goals are to support each other as athletes living with MS and to motivate others to do what they can and never give up!

I closed down cherylhile.com because I have too much MS fatigue and don’t have the wherewithal to keep up the website. I only wrote two posts from 2018-2019 and nothing in 2020-2021. I added this page to the RAMMS website to remember a little bit of the adventure through a few pictures and Brian’s Musings (his monthly newsletter documenting our activities), as well as some interviews.

Contact Info: Please feel free to contact me about anything at runamyelinmyshoes@gmail.com

Africa

9.18.2016 Cape Town Marathon

Brian’s Musings: South Africa

Cape Town Marathon – Iconic Table Mountain

Marathon Expo with SA MS Society Pres Non Smit

Table Mountain – Hiking Platteklip Gorge

South America

10.9.2016 Buenos Aires Marathon

Brian’s Musings: Argentina

Buenos Aires Marathon – Feeling Awful During Run

Buenos Aires Marathon – Feeling Awful at End

Buenos Aires – Funny Vendor at San Telmo Market

North America

12.11.2016 Honolulu Marathon

Brian’s Musings: Oahu

Honolulu Marathon – Hamming it up at mile 17

Honolulu Marathon – A runner turned in my iPhone

Honolulu – Attempting to cycle and take pics

Antarctica

1.31.2017 White Continent Marathon

Brian’s Musings: Chile and Antarctica

Antarctica – Airplane from Chile to Antarctica

White Continent Marathon – 1st of 6 loops

White Continent Marathon – Running by Chile Research Base

White Continent Marathon – Our Only Spectators

Asia

2.28.2017 Tokyo Marathon

Brian’s Musings: Japan

Tokyo Marathon with Japan MS Society Pres George Nakajima

Europe

4.19.2017 Vienna Marathon

Brian’s Musings: Germany and Austria

Zealandia

6.4.2017 Christchurch Marathon

Brian’s Musings: New Zealand

Australasia

9.17.2017 Sydney Marathon

Brian’s Musings: Australia

Fundraisers

I had a couple of fundraisers: a brewery (of course) fundraiser at Culture Brewing in Solana Beach and a fun run I created The Hile Mile which was held at UCSD. And at the end of the adventure, we hosted a Thank You party at Green Flash Brewery for all our friends and supporters.

Media

One night, Brian Googled my name and found a long list of articles on vastly diverse websites like New Jersey Foot & Ankle, MS Center Atlanta, EthioGrio in Ethiopia, Intisari in Indonesia, SDNA in Greece, LifeZette in the United Kingdom, Italehti in Finland, and etc. I was not interviewed specifically by these groups. The stories they published were summaries (with embellishments) of my interviews with People, Huffington Post, Daily Mail, Fox News and Competitor. I am grateful for their coverage because people worldwide reached out to share their personal stories with me. I felt privileged that people feel comfortable to contact me.

The Hanger Clinic Marketing and PR & Communications teams also promoted my story. I was lucky to go to LA twice to be interviewed for a morning show (MichaeLA) and The Doctors. I was also on local San Diego news at CBS 8, Fox 5 and CW 6, plus WLWT 5 (NBC) in Cincinnati and KITV 4 (ABC) in Honolulu. These interviews are no longer available online (but I did record them for my personal viewing!).

My most favorite video was with Hanger Clinic for the Sydney Marathon mainly because it was my last marathon for the adventure and I was relaxed. I also loved that I was able to finish the journey with two wonderful friends from Hanger, Shonn Goodwin and Krisita Burket.

My neatest interview was after the adventure for an online article with Runner’s World. Not because I was eloquent (far from it), but the fact that I made it on a mainstream running publication. That was super cool!