Monday, May 21, 2007

Anna's Triathlon

Yesterday after less than 2 months of planning, we pulled off an AWESOME event where I work. A woman named Anna, who works at the hospital next door to us is battling her 3rd round of cancer. She wanted to do a triathlon and her coworker (who we know well), decided to make it happen. The only way for Anna to be able to complete one was if it was very modified, and there just wasn't one like that, so my boss and I offered up our facility to do it our way. We had almost 50 participants. We had people on all ends of the spectrum, healthy athletes, people on oxygen, a couple in their 90s, an 18 month old and everyone in between. And we had just as many volunteers as athletes, which made for a seamless event.
Here is Anna checking in:
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This is Cole, our 18 month old, just after he crossed the finish line:
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This is James, he was so great, he taught himself to swim for this event!
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This is Jim. This was the award ceremony afterward. We had so many sponsors that everyone went home with armloads of stuff.
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1 comment:

DebinMN said...

Way to go! I'm proud of you and the work you do -- carry on!

Love you lots! Deb W