by Tracey Hulick | Mar 11, 2020 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Other Sports, Running
I honestly knew nothing about living kidney donation when I started this journey other than it was something that people did for their loved ones (I had no idea people donated altruistically either!). This all changed when, in February of 2018, my mom called to tell...
by Tracey Hulick | Apr 17, 2019 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Other Sports, Running
Hi, I’m Shawna from Spokane, WA. I donated a kidney to my cousin on June 26, 2013. In the spring of 2013, my cousin Sammi posted on Facebook that she was in need of a kidney. I immediately messaged her, asking how I could get tested. It hadn’t really...
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...
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...
