Hope ahead: St. Jude kicks off Marathon Weekend in Downtown Memphis
Paul Barlow speaks during the press conference Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, before Saturday’s St. Jude Marathon. On stage to his right is a portrait of his son, David, a former St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patient. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Runners await the start of the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Dec. 2, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Memphis will host 22,500 participants, including a record 1,800 patient family members, for this year’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend.
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Aisling Mäki has been writing about Memphis since she moved to the city more than 20 years ago. She’s worked for print, digital and broadcast news outlets, including Memphis Daily News and Action News 5 (WMC), as well as public relations agencies. Her work has earned awards from The Associated Press, Tennessee Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Public Relations Society of America.
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