Dozens of runners have proven themselves committed to the TD Beach to Beacon, entering the Cape Elizabeth 10-kilometer road race in all 15 years of its existence.

Lewiston’s Kelly Brown might be crazy-committed.

Life-altering illness couldn’t stop her from competing in the race. Motherhood and deaths in her immediate family didn’t pull her away, either.

The rest of us might look at Brown’s itinerary for Friday night and Saturday morning and consider it sufficient activity for a month’s worth of summer weekends. Brown, 48, makes it sound do-able, even normal.

She has been in London sightseeing, and yes, enjoying the Summer Olympics all week. Brown’s transatlantic flight is scheduled to touch down in Boston shortly before 10 p.m. Friday.

Then it’s a few hours of sleep, and jet lag be darned, off to the starting line to keep her streak intact.

“I’m looking forward to a fun race this year,” Brown said in an email this week. “No pressure; just going to have a great time.”

Brown typically likes to linger around the finish area and pose for pictures with the many elite runners who flock to one of the nation’s high-profile 10K runs.

Oh, but we forgot to mention the remainder of her weekend docket. Brown will fight the traffic as soon as her race ends in order to get to Camden in time for her stepson’s wedding.

Running in the race and overcoming numerous speed bumps in order to get there are equal traditions for Brown, who was Kelly Rodrigue when she signed on for the first Beach to Beacon in 1998.

“I was humbled and appreciative that I was an invited Maine elite runner,” Brown said of the inaugural event. “I felt some pressure to run well but I felt mostly elation.”

On the eve of the first race, Kelly picked up her then-boyfriend, Scott Brown, who was flying in from a business trip to Italy.

The couple arrived at a friend’s home in Cape Elizabeth at 1:30 a.m.

“I guess I didn’t have too much time to get nervous for the race. I felt so strong and comfortable,” Brown said. “I didn’t expect to place anywhere, and when I came in third for Maine women, it was surprising.”

Brown completed the first Beach to Beacon in 37 minutes, 47 seconds.

She remains competitive but is as proud to be part of the event as making it to any podium. Brown is being hailed this year as one of 139 “legacy runners” who have never failed to start and finish a single Beach to Beacon.

“I’ve never come close to missing a race, even when I had breast cancer,” Brown said. “But I must say I’ve had some slow times due to certain events in my life, one being when my father passed away. He was and is my inspiration in running.”

Brown’s father even boasted one victory over his daughter. It came in a road race known as the April Amble. She was eight months pregnant.

Even though they continue to receive an elite parking pass, the Kelly and Scott Brown typically leave home three hours before race time on a Beach to Beacon morning.

That’s OK with Kelly, who says the Beach to Beacon is like no other event on her annual docket.

“We have shared that feeling with our teammates and friends by driving them to the starting line and sharing the feeling of warming up next to the fastest and best runners in the world,” she said. “The international runners are so friendly.”

Dedicated, too. But their loyalty to the race has nothing on Kelly Brown.

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