Congratulations to the
Blisters for Sisters™ runners
who have already finished their races. Plan to come out and
CHEER ON those whose races are
still to come. And please don’t forget to
Donate – if these folks can
run 13 or 26 miles, the least we can do is
donate! And don’t forget,
thanks to
Community First Foundation
every penny of your donation goes to help our elderly
and sick poor patients stay safe and healthy in their own
homes.
The first race for
Blisters for Sisters™ runners
was the Kaiser Permanente Colorado Colfax marathon on
Sunday, May 16th. Mary Lilley ran her
FIRST
marathon - Way to go, Mary! Half marathon runners – all 13
of them - Jill Bialecki, Mike Blick, Frank Harritt, Julia
Hallahan, Blake Hamilton, Michael Heath, Shelby Lane, Janet
Plunkert, Josh Stephens, Keith Strande, Tony Szymborski,
Patty Vickery and Maryjo Warren – finished and had a great
day in Denver’s City Park with family and friends!
The next
Blisters for Sisters™ runners
were Lisa Bradford and Jen Moser who ran in the Newport
Marathon in Oregon on Saturday, June 5th. They ran for a
second year with us AND it was Jen’s
FIRST full
marathon!
Then on Sunday, June 6th we had Blisters
for Sisters™ runners
in two more half and full marathon events taking place, one
in the mountains and one oceanside. Dave and Sheryl Babiarz,
their daughter Kelley Leland, son Ryan Gorman with his
girlfriend Jill Procter; our former board member Martin
Helldorfer, Krystal McCoy, Adrienne Schieffer and Tasha
Markovchick ran the 29th Annual Steamboat Marathon and
Half Marathon.
On the same day, our
Executive Director
Donna Heath and her daughters, Sarah and Maggie, joined Debi
Scott and more than 30,000 runners to participate in the
Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon and Half Marathon. A
new
Blisters for Sisters™ runner,
Helen Chea, also ran AND finished her
FIRST full marathon! As
Donna always says, “WOO HOO!!”
Then, on Saturday, June 12th, Jessica Olin
ran her second
Blisters for Sisters™ race
in the Run the Rockies Half Marathon in Frisco,
Colorado! Jessica has been running for 10 years and has
completed 6 half marathons and 3 full marathons within the
last five years but what is incredible is that Jessica
broke her foot this past December and yet she remained
fully committed to running a half marathon! We spoke with
Jessica recently and learned that is has been a long drawn
out process for the bone to heal along with the muscles and
ligaments. She currently feels no pain and attributes her
successful recovery to incorporating specific exercises
recommended by Lisa Bradford, DPT, with
Ascent Therapy
and
Wellness
Clinics.
Congratulations to
new runners
Pam Bauer,
Julie and our board member
Dr.
Les Reitman! All ran a half marathon on Saturday
morning, June 26th thanks to our nurse, Patricia Cox and her
boyfriend Craig Kingsley, who did
a marvelous job of setting up her own race course at
Aurora Reservoir! Sister Regis and
staffers Donna, Cheryl and Eva were there with “bells on” to
cheer them on -- our
Congrats to all of them! Watch for Patricia again over the 4th
of July weekend when more of her friends will be taking to the paths of
the beautiful Aurora Reservoir.
Many, many
thanks to our brave runners
for your efforts in training, running your races and
fundraising; and, of course,
thank you to each of you who have so generously
donated on behalf of your favorite
Blisters for
Sisters™ runner(s) to
help Dominican Sisters’ patients.
We are CHEERING for all
of you!
For more information, please call
303-322-1413 ext. 29 or email us at
blistersforsisters@dominicansisters.org
