There are 3 article(s) tagged Finish Liza's Run:

• September 2023

  • Calkins: Once again — this time on 901 Day — Memphians will Finish Liza’s Run

    “In a perfect world, we would have a Memphis where we didn’t have to run scared. But I don’t think that day is here yet. And I don’t think we will get there if we quit.”

    By Geoff Calkins September 05, 2023

  • Calkins: A year later, Richie Fletcher talks about Liza: ‘She would be the first to forgive.’

    Richie Fletcher on his wife, Liza: “We would have late-night talks about Memphis. We could have been far away, without any worries in the world. I was always like, ‘We need to get out of here.’ But she didn’t want to leave.”

    By Geoff Calkins September 05, 2023

  • Everything changed after Liza’s death, but Memphis keeps running

    After Eliza Fletcher’s kidnapping and killing last year, local runners' sense of security was forever changed. One woman said she had always thought she would outrun anyone who meant her harm, but she knows now that’s not true.

    By Bianca Phillips September 01, 2023