'Eliza is all of us,' said one experienced runner. 'We've all been there at 4 a.m. or midnight, and I'm a Memphian also, so it really hit me hard.'
"Eliza is all of us," said one experienced runner. "We've all been there at 4 a.m. or midnight, and I'm a Memphian also, so it really hit me hard."It's been nearly one week since Memphis jogger Eliza Fletcher was abducted and murdered on her morning run, and it's leaving the nation rattled. Both sides of the bay banded together to raise awareness: women shouldn't live in fear of jogging alone.
"Because we have so many other responsibilities with jobs or family or whatever, we're forced to make the choice to run in the dark, either early in the morning or late in the evening," said Susan Gaston-Jones, coordinator of the Mobile run. "Right now, it's early in the morning because down south, it's so hot."
At 4 a.m. Friday, she's gathering runners, walkers, and supporters at the Mitchell Center at the University of South Alabama and finishing the remaining 8.2 miles of Liza's run down Old Shell Road, to I-65, then ending again at the Mitchell Center. Across the bay, Cindy Carter and Ann Rush are honoring Liza the same way. Their two-mile run also starts at 4:20 a.m. in front of Running Wild on Section Street in downtown Fairhope. The route will lead down Fairhope Avenue, to the pier, and end back where it started."Eliza is all of us," said Carter. "We've all been there at 4 a.m. or midnight, and I'm a Memphian also, so it really hit me hard, and I thought this would be great to do in Fairhope.
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