Daily Inspiration: Meet Lizette Marroquin

Today we’d like to introduce you to Lizette Marroquin

Hi Lizette, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
As a child raised by immigrant parents, our focus was placed on education and the home. Just like the typical Mexican household.
I am the 2nd of three children. The second daughter. I’ve always been very good in school. We attended private Catholic school up until 8th grade. Our school offered volleyball teams and I do not remember much else in regards to sports. We did play a lot of dodgeball and that required a lot of sprinting.
Moving into high school our household remained the same. My sister and I were requested to attend school and come home and do the home chores. Our mother would come home to cook our dinners. We didn’t have time for sports.
I began running by watching our father. He’s always been an active man. To date he still walks about 5 miles every single day. He’s recovering from knee replacement surgery but he’s itching to get back.
Running came more into play when I was in high school. There weren’t many options for our PE coaches to give us to do so we were required to walk or run. I did the latter. Even in extremely hot days. I remember our “track” was just dirt. I remember being maybe one of the few people that ran and didn’t walk the whole time. Since then it gave me the sense of freedom. Being able to move at my time and rhythm.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It hasn’t been easy. I’ve always suffered from growing pains as a child and even though I know I’m not growing, those aches and pains are still there. It’s age. I know it is but that hasn’t stopped me. I’ve slowed down and that’s ok. It’s life.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
My full time job is legal assistant. My part time job is with deckers who own hoka. I’m one of the community specialists for the store in Venice, CA.
We hold weekly community runs there. Every month we invite a different run club to host their runs out of the store for a residency.
I also lead Latinos Run LA run club weekly.
One thing I’m extremely proud of is how our run community knows that when I’m involved in something it really is about community and bringing people of all walks of life, backgrounds, ages, sizes and abilities to be present and feel seen. When I say community it really is. When I say “Nobody gets left behind.” There’s truth and meaning to it.
That sets us apart from many other run clubs that offer the same thing but in a different way.

Are there any books, apps, podcasts or blogs that help you do your best?
When I’m running I don’t really pop in my earbuds unless I need to be distracted. I listen to “haunted” podcasts. Just to distract me from the pain going on in my body.
For work I do the same thing if I’m in the office and I’m tying to drown out the noise.

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