Napa teen runs first marathon for cancer research – and to honor late mother
On the day when thousands normally run a marathon down the length of the Napa Valley, one local teenager trod the 26.2-mile distance for the first time â to pay tribute to her mother and to raise funds to battle the disease that took her life. Setting off Sunday morning from the Vintage High School parking lot, 16-year-old Natasha Beitz put one foot ahead of another on a course up the Vine Trail, northward past the mustard-blossomed vineyards of the wine country, and finally back to her home campus shortly before 12:30 p.m. When the Vintage junior finally returned to a cheering welcome b...
Source: napavalleyregister.com