I did it--I managed to get up and run 4.5 miles this morning... and I didn't die.
Ahhhh..... that's good news!
I've got Boot Camp tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday (yup, I added an extra day since my trainer is going to come down to Wash Park for it!) and then we leave on Friday for Dawn's benefit in Chicago!!! We are so excited! We're meeting our friend, Lisa, at our hotel and then we got hooked up with Dawn's boyfriend, Scott, to take a bus with everyone from the city to the benefit--YAY! Sounds like we'll be on the bus with Dawn so I'm very, very excited! Anything you want me to pass along to Dawn??? (Besides how much we love her!) I'll take lots of pictures and give you lots of details to pump us up for the race!
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Michelle and Jeremy Stelter
The loveable Sam Hutchinson (with her hubby Brandon)
PHD and the Ghost Driver(aka Shannan)
Jibe Ho!
Notice the mini-chicken leg!
Our race! Holy Hell!
We are running The Wild West Relay, this crazy 195 mile relay road race, to raise funds for our beautiful friend, Dawn Dubsky, who is in Chicago! We'll have to run from Ft. Collins to Steamboat Springs (!!!) in Colorado on August 1 and 2, 2008. On our team we've got some runners, some non-runners, some athletes, some non-athletes, some who usually avoid hills, and a whole team of folks devoted to helping Dawn live the very best life possible. This is our story....
This is Dawn!
The Runners!
Michelle and Jeremy Stelter
Tina Boogren and Melissa Bienvenu
Sarah Greene and Mark Reynolds
"Biggie" aka Jake Czerkie
Pat Aubry and Jen Boyle
Arvid Viske
Stoney Jesseph
Tim Sexton
Volunteers
The loveable Sam Hutchinson (with her hubby Brandon)
Shannan Kurz
PHD and the Ghost Driver(aka Shannan)
Eric Boogren
Our muse...
Jibe Ho!
Notice the mini-chicken leg!
A Little Background....
Dawn's Story:
On February 23rd, just five days after returning from a trip to Ghana, Africa, Dawn Dubsky went to Northwestern Hospital to get tested for Malaria because she had been experiencing fatigue, fever, and a severe headache. The test results came back positive and she was admitted immediately. One day after being diagnosed, Dawn was fighting for her life in the ICU as her body went into septic shock and her organs began to fail. She was transferred to the University of Chicago Medical Center on Feb. 29th and was brought immediately into surgery to save her life.
On March 3rd, Dawn lost her limbs to her knees and elbows. Despite several exhaustingly long and traumatic surgeries, her courageous fight continues. Her strength and determination are a source of inspiration for her entire family and friends.
Dawn is a generous and kind-hearted soul who has touched the lives of everyone she's ever come in contact with. A beautiful, free-spirit who has seen the world over, she is an adventurer who loved to hike, bike, surf, skateboard, snowboard, and also finished four marathons. She is a care-taker who worked with children and the sick and has contributed considerable amounts of positive energy onto our earth in her time here. If there were more like Dawn among us, the world would be a better place.
Dawn graduated form Andrew High School in 1993 and attended the University of Iowa where she graduated with a B.S. in Nursing.
Dawn truly lives life and her adventures have taken her to places such as Thailand, Spain, Mexico, Africa, and nearly every state in the U.S.
When Dawn is not traveling or working in other places around the world, she works as a nurse at Children's Memorial Hospital. On her trip to Africa, she even brought much needed supplies to a hospital. She is constantly displaying selfless acts and giving her all in everything she does. Dawn also has a very artistic side, which is why she was going to school to complete another undergraduate degree in Fashion Design.
Dawn has helped and inspired so many people around the world.
Now it's our turn to take care of Dawn.
As friends of Dawn here in Colorado, we plan to tackle the Wild West Relay in August (www.wildwestrelay.com). This 195 mile race will take us from Ft. Collins to Steamboat Springs. There will be twelve of us running three legs of five miles each and numerous volunteers doing everything from driving us in vans, volunteering for the race itself, securing t-shirts for the runners, and raising money for our friend Dawn.
Dawn is finally at the Rehab Institute of Chicago (which has been voted the best in the country and the director is THE world renowned MD that has created the bionic/most advanced prosthetics..this is very exciting!).
We are running this race in the hope that we can help her get the best that money can buy!
The race is going to be fun, challenging, beautiful, dark at times, cold at times, uphill (and downhill) a lot and an experience we will never forget! The positive-vibes that the relay itself creates is astounding. Compounded by the personal cause we are supporting, this will be an emotional, wonderful, exciting event to be a part of that will make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside when we are done!
On February 23rd, just five days after returning from a trip to Ghana, Africa, Dawn Dubsky went to Northwestern Hospital to get tested for Malaria because she had been experiencing fatigue, fever, and a severe headache. The test results came back positive and she was admitted immediately. One day after being diagnosed, Dawn was fighting for her life in the ICU as her body went into septic shock and her organs began to fail. She was transferred to the University of Chicago Medical Center on Feb. 29th and was brought immediately into surgery to save her life.
On March 3rd, Dawn lost her limbs to her knees and elbows. Despite several exhaustingly long and traumatic surgeries, her courageous fight continues. Her strength and determination are a source of inspiration for her entire family and friends.
Dawn is a generous and kind-hearted soul who has touched the lives of everyone she's ever come in contact with. A beautiful, free-spirit who has seen the world over, she is an adventurer who loved to hike, bike, surf, skateboard, snowboard, and also finished four marathons. She is a care-taker who worked with children and the sick and has contributed considerable amounts of positive energy onto our earth in her time here. If there were more like Dawn among us, the world would be a better place.
Dawn graduated form Andrew High School in 1993 and attended the University of Iowa where she graduated with a B.S. in Nursing.
Dawn truly lives life and her adventures have taken her to places such as Thailand, Spain, Mexico, Africa, and nearly every state in the U.S.
When Dawn is not traveling or working in other places around the world, she works as a nurse at Children's Memorial Hospital. On her trip to Africa, she even brought much needed supplies to a hospital. She is constantly displaying selfless acts and giving her all in everything she does. Dawn also has a very artistic side, which is why she was going to school to complete another undergraduate degree in Fashion Design.
Dawn has helped and inspired so many people around the world.
Now it's our turn to take care of Dawn.
As friends of Dawn here in Colorado, we plan to tackle the Wild West Relay in August (www.wildwestrelay.com). This 195 mile race will take us from Ft. Collins to Steamboat Springs. There will be twelve of us running three legs of five miles each and numerous volunteers doing everything from driving us in vans, volunteering for the race itself, securing t-shirts for the runners, and raising money for our friend Dawn.
Dawn is finally at the Rehab Institute of Chicago (which has been voted the best in the country and the director is THE world renowned MD that has created the bionic/most advanced prosthetics..this is very exciting!).
We are running this race in the hope that we can help her get the best that money can buy!
The race is going to be fun, challenging, beautiful, dark at times, cold at times, uphill (and downhill) a lot and an experience we will never forget! The positive-vibes that the relay itself creates is astounding. Compounded by the personal cause we are supporting, this will be an emotional, wonderful, exciting event to be a part of that will make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside when we are done!
Wild West Relay
THIS IS IT! Click on the map for an overhead view of the course! YIKES!
Our race! Holy Hell!
Luv a Dub
Dawn's Recovery...
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1 comment:
go tina go tina.
have good time in chitown. tell dawn hi for us and can't wait to see her.
biggie
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