Top Canadian in Boston raises $8K for Alzheimer Society

In only her second try at the distance, Toronto chiropractor Brittany Moran finished as the top Canadian female in Boston Marathon, but that’s not all she was doing.

In addition to racing, Moran was raising money for the Alzheimer Society. Her father was diagnosed at the age of 53 with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Setting out to raise $4,000, as of Thursday Moran had more than doubled her goal.

“It’s been amazing. I’ve raised $8,055 so far,” comments the 27-year-old, noting her campaign remains open until the 27th of April.

Less than a year ago Moran was preparing to run her first marathon, the Ottawa Marathon. She had a goal of running under three hours, a time well under the Boston qualifying mark. In that debut race, she raced to a 2:56 result, shortly after deciding in 2015 she would take on the Boston course.

One year later, Moran finished as the top Canadian woman in the race., running a 2:49:59, a big PB.

“It was a bit of a surprise,” says Moran about her race. “I didn’t find out until someone tweeted to me that I was the top female, so I wasn’t by any means – I mean there’s so many people you can’t really know where you’re at. But definitely, during the first half of the race, every time I saw a woman I would just try and pick her off and try to get closer to her.”

So thankful for all of the love & support of my @bostonmarathon finish! This one was for you dad! @AlzSociety pic.twitter.com/WEe4MjmuEh

— Brittany Moran (@TORunningChiro) April 23, 2015

Moran trains with Stevenson Performance Running’s Angels women’s running group in Toronto. The group is coached by Nicole Stevenson.

“We had actually joked about if I could realistically be the top Canadian female and it depends who shows up on the day, right? I’m still pretty excited about actually being the top Canadian female.”

Looking ahead, Moran is panning to run the Canadian half-marathon championships in Calgary at the end of May.