by Tracey Hulick | Jul 15, 2021 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Running, Ultra
By Kim Constantinesco In a year in which so much life was lost and freedom was stripped, I wanted to do something that would save a life and inject freedom. So, I donated my kidney to a stranger on December 16, 2020. ...
by Tracey Hulick | Jun 24, 2021 | Altruistic, Kidney Donor Athlete, Yoga
I was a non-directed donor and I initially became interested after watching a movie about organ trafficking. The statistics of people waiting for kidneys broke my heart. After several months of research, I took the next step toward donation and got in contact with the...
by Tracey Hulick | Nov 19, 2020 | Aged 60 and Over, Cycling, Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Running, Transplant Chain, Ultra
Right Kidney For The Trail On a special day, 8 February 2020, I ran my first serious run since donating my left kidney on 16 October 2019 – just 16.5 weeks later. At 73 years old, a half marathon trail run (my first trail run) on one...
by Tracey Hulick | Aug 13, 2020 | Altruistic, Kidney Donor Athlete, Other Sports
“Serendipity: finding pleasing things one had not been looking for.” As donors, we so often hear from non-donors that it must feel great to have saved someone’s life through donation. It absolutely does feel incredible, and helping another human live life was...
by Tracey Hulick | Jan 22, 2020 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Running, Ultra
For most of my adult life, I’ve been an ultradistance athlete including 100-mile trail races, 100-mile snowshoe races in Alaska, 9 Eco-Challenge Adventure races (multi-sport, multi-day), and other ultradistance events around the world. In May of 2018, I became...
