by Tracey Hulick | May 22, 2019 | Cycling, Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Parent When Donated, Running, Triathlon
I knew Anna for years. I met her when she was on dialysis the first time back around 2008. I cleaned for her and we instantly became friends. Anna is about 10 years younger than me. When she was in her early 20’s she found out she had an...
by Tracey Hulick | Mar 20, 2019 | Altruistic, Cycling, Half Marathon, IronMan, Marathon, Running, Triathlon
I started running in my late 30’s after moving to a Minneapolis suburb and joining a run club. What started with a half marathon quickly grew to several marathons a year and even full Ironman races. Fortunately, my wife also enjoys running and triathlons...
by Tracey Hulick | Mar 6, 2019 | Cycling, Directed Donation, IronMan, Other Sports, Triathlon
My name is Greg. My wife and I live in Bend, Oregon for nearly 28 years now. I grew up in Lewiston, Idaho. Was never really athletic although I took part in some sports on a very low level. Never really good at anything sports related. I was...
by Tracey Hulick | Feb 13, 2019 | Directed Donation, Marathon, Running, Triathlon, Ultra
A Canadian marathoner and a Texan cowboy walk into a bar. Nope. There’s nowhere easy to start this story, so let’s just start at the beginning. Some of my favourite early memories are running on a sun-dappled trail in Northern Ontario, dodging roots and rocks, little...
by Tracey Hulick | Jan 16, 2019 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Running, Triathlon
A little over two years ago I stumbled across a post on social media about a local man who was searching for a kidney. He was my blood type, about a decade younger (30 years old) and had been on dialysis for five years. He was also a former cross-country runner and...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 12, 2018 | Cycling, Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Running, Triathlon
I donated a kidney on Sept 11, 2018, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. My recipient was an acquaintance that lives in Baltimore with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), a hereditary condition. Her only sibling and only daughter also inherited PKD so need donors as...
