Dana Point resident Sophie Scott will be fulfilling her runner\u2019s journey dream this Sunday, Nov. 2,\u00a0 when she competes in the TCS New York City Marathon, also known as the largest marathon in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Growing up, Scott loved participating in sports including dance, soccer and track, but being born deaf made those experiences challenging. After she received cochlear implants, Scott gained new opportunities, including running in the New York City Marathon.<\/p>\n
Scott, now 30, previously lived in Colorado and Massachusetts, but she wanted a change in scenery, so she moved to California and fell in love with Dana Point.<\/p>\n
\u201cI moved to Dana Point with my boyfriend, and we absolutely love it,\u201d Scott said. \u201cWe live right behind a running trail, actually, and it goes right to the beach, and that\u2019s been my favorite thing to do. I wanted to be close to the ocean.<\/p>\n
\u201cDana Point gives me that, what I feel like is true California \u2014 that you have the beaches, you have the cliffs, you have all the greenery, the rolling hills and mountains, and then also seeing the community just out and about walking, very relaxed. Even though it\u2019s a big city, it still feels small somehow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott participated in the LA Marathon in 2024 and 2025, and now with the NYC Marathon approaching, she is nervous, yet excited.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York would be my third marathon,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI\u2019ve obviously heard about it, you know it being one of the biggest marathons with like 55,000 participants; it\u2019s gonna be the most fun marathon and it\u2019s gonna be in the best city.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Scott moved to Southern California, she decided to choose a sport to pursue. She chose running as a form of fitness, but never thought she would pursue marathon running.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started my marathon journey maybe a year and a half ago, but before that, I was running very casually. I did half-marathons, but then I took it more seriously,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI remember I would get sick after running because I was not following the rules \u2014 eating carbs, taking electrolytes, that kind of stuff \u2014 but I also did track in high school. I was a sprinter in high school. I never did any long-distance running. I hated long distance back then, so it\u2019s just so funny to see me here today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott is also a part of Team Inspire, which is a diverse group of 26 athletes. The team embodies the spirit, heart and energy of New York City, with each athlete profoundly embodied by the transformative power of running.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing a part of Team Inspire means showing up as a deaf runner, breaking down barriers and inspiring others to step forward,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n
Inspired by the Boston Marathon, she discovered the freedom of running \u2014 a sport in which she didn\u2019t feel limited. As far as inspiration, Scott hopes to inspire others to do what they\u2019re capable of despite the challenges.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say it\u2019s more like always constantly trying to prove to myself what I\u2019m capable of, to prove to the deaf community, show parents of deaf children what we are capable of,\u201d Scott said. \u201cOther young people have inspired me to keep pushing, so I have to think about all the people that brought me here today \u2014 my family, my audiologist, my surgeon, all of those people that have shaped me (into) who I am today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey inspire me to run this to the best of my ability, and they inspire me to try to get a better deaf representation. Trying to slowly show what we\u2019re capable of, the barriers that we\u2019ve gone through, that\u2019s my biggest inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott said to those scared or nervous about starting, just start; you\u2019ll never know what you\u2019re capable of until you start.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave a positive mind, positive outlook on it and just get out there, just take that first step of getting out there; don\u2019t doubt yourself until you\u2019ve done that and allow yourself to take that first step and see where it takes you,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI feel like that\u2019s the most surprising part of it. You surprise yourself a lot and, you know, I feel like that can apply to so many things. Not just running.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana Point resident Sophie Scott will be fulfilling her runner\u2019s journey dream this Sunday, Nov. 2,\u00a0 when she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15533,15532,9,24,55,2790,54,56,15531,12847],"class_list":["post-24024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-dana-point-news","tag-la-marathon","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-marathon","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-sophie-scott","tag-tcs-new-york-city-marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}