by Tracey Hulick | Apr 15, 2020 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Running
I never thought much about kidneys or organ donation. In fact, It was completely off my radar until we realized that my husband might have a gene mutation that inevitably leads to kidney disease. Nate, my husband, had two uncles with kidney disease who received...
by Tracey Hulick | Oct 30, 2019 | Altruistic, Marathon, Race Reports, Running
KDA 1 year update – To have a platform like Kidney Donor Athletes to share my donation story has been another unexpected benefit of sharing my spare. As an endurance athlete, I learned through success and failure what it takes to continue to keep my body running...
by Tracey Hulick | Oct 9, 2019 | Altruistic, Marathon, Running, Transplant Chain
I was born and raised in New York City and my passions have always been learning and sports, so it was probably inevitable that I became a researcher-professor and have been a life-long runner. My chosen discipline is genomics, basically looking at all one’s genes and...
by Tracey Hulick | Mar 27, 2019 | Altruistic, Marathon, Running
At age 44, a friend challenged me to train for a marathon. I was an occasional runner at best and an out-of-shape husband and father of two little ones. I accepted and ran/walked the 2005 Twin Cities Marathon in 4:18. “Never again,“ I said. That...
