Nurse Will Run Boston Marathon in Scrubs
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Elite Marathoner and Nurse Will Run Boston in Scrubs
Sam Roecker, who has a PR of 2:29, will run for nurses’ mental health.
BY SARAH LORGE BUTLER
APR 1, 2022
The chafing, so far, has not been a problem. Sam Roecker says that through several 20-milers and a few track workouts, the scrubs have held up.
If April 18 turns out to be unseasonably warm at the Boston Marathon, however, they might not be so comfortable.
Roecker is a registered nurse, and she is also a marathoner with some serious credentials—her personal best is 2:29:59 from 2020, and she represented the United States at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, where she finished fifth in 2:32.
She’s racing Boston this year—not for speed but to call attention to a special cause. Instead of a tank top and race bottoms, she’ll be wearing scrubs, which she wears to work each day in her career as a nurse. Roecker is raising money for the American Nurses Foundation’s programs supporting the mental health and wellness of nurses in the U.S., many of whom have struggled during the pandemic.
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