Realtor turns New York City Marathon into an annual affair

Connie Lyke-Brown hasn't missed a New York City Marathon since 1978 — and that includes a bout with cancer. She's nowhere near ready to throw the towel in.

By Amanda Postma
| 12:00 p.m. January 13, 2022
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Sax. Connie Lyke-Brown has ran in 42 consecutive New York City Marathons, breaking the world record this year.

Executive Diversions

Executive: Connie Lyke-Brown started off her career as a teacher and cross country track coach in New York. When she and her husband moved to Sarasota in 1981, she couldn’t find a good teaching job without taking a major pay cut. At that time, a friend of hers was enjoying a career in real estate. So Lyke-Brown went back to school. She started her real estate career as a manager. In 1999, she became a real estate agent at Michael Saunders & Co., where she remains today.