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 | Feb 27, 2019 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Running
On December 12, 2018, I donated a kidney to a stranger…now, not a stranger as we met the week prior to surgery. (Here is a link to the news story that covered the initial meeting!) My journey began almost a year ago with the interest in becoming a living donor when I...
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 | Nov 14, 2018 | Directed Donation, Marathon, Other Sports, Running, Triathlon
I wasn’t an athlete all my life: I couldn’t finish the mile during the fitness test in high school. But in my senior year of high school, I joined the dance team and decided that I liked fitness if I did it my way. I also rowed during my senior year and started my...