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Anishinaabe runner gearing up for marathon in Barbados

A runner from northwestern Ontario has braved a cold, snowy fall training for a marathon in the warm, sunny tropics to raise money and awareness for diabetes prevention and healthy living.

Next week, Evelyn Gliddy will fly from her home of Wunnumin Lake First Nation to Barbados, more than 5,000 kilometres south, for the annual Run Barbados Marathon.

"[I'm] kind of nervous, and excited," said Gliddy from the Anishinaabe community about 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay.

"It's going to be a change in climate to run down there."

Gliddy, 43, completed her final long training run for the marathon last weekend in Wunnumin Lake, where she's used to typically northern conditions and hazards.

Northern running hazards

"Sometimes it's hard. You need to know when to run. Especially in the winter, it's too dark early, and it's cold," she said.

"And there's wolves, too, and bears."

She usually takes her dog T-bone on runs with her for protection from wildlife.

Gliddy usually runs with her dog T-bone to protect her from wildlife like wolves and bears. (Submitted)

The Barbados marathon will be her 10th full marathon since she resolved to get fit back in 2004.

"I was heavy and I was depressed at first. I wasn't happy," she said.

"I was almost 200 pounds and I couldn't walk long distances. My knees were bothering me."

She was worried about getting diabetes, which has afflicted many people in her family.

Stress relief

After a year of regular walking on the roads of her community, she began losing weight and feeling better, and eventually started running.

"It helped me a lot, because I had trouble sleeping and I had stress," she said.

"It helped [me] to be stable."

Gliddy competes in marathons and other running events to raise awareness and funds for initiatives like diabetes prevention and healthy living. (Submitted)

By 2006 she was running 10 kilometres a day, and decided to try longer races to promote healthy living in her community.

On top of the marathons she's already run, she's completed four half marathons and competed in 200 mile [320 km] marathon relays at events in Michigan and Minnesota.

For the Barbados marathon, Gliddy is raising money for the Healthy Horizons Foundation, which promotes fitness and healthy living among youth in northern communities.

She hopes to be a role model for other people in First Nations, and inspire them to try running to get healthy.

"I just want people to keep on doing what you love — any exercise or to be more active," she said.

"It's a great cure of stress and emotional strain, and even for mild depression."

The Run Barbados Marathon happens on Dec. 3.

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