Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Team Mates (Part 4)
10. Bill G. - 44 year old pharmaceutical rep from Saskatoon, SK. NYC will be 4th marathon with Team D (Dublin-Oct/04; Rome Mar/05; and Amsterdam Oct/05). Has dine a few other (non-fundraising) marathons as well (Saskatoon-May/05; and Phoenix-Jan/06) . The Team Diabetes marathons were awesome experiences and obviously addicting. He has been blown away by the quality of individuals met through TeamD travels-some very inspiring people and their stories. A few other links to Team D: his company, Sanofi-Aventis, is one of the national sponsors of Team Diabetes Canada. Regularly talks with healthcare professionals about treating and preventing diabetes and its complications. The 9-year-old son of a co-worker has type 1 diabetes, since birth and is undergoing heart surgery in Edmonton to help correct some complications that were brought about by his diabetes. He has been the 'poster boy' and source of inspiration for fundraising and training efforts.
11. Lesley P. – Collingwoood ON. First marathon ever and has team member David F. to thank for bringing on board. For the last year David has been bugging her to run a Team D marathon, since her group of running mommies helped him train for Iceland! Has run 2 half marathons, and doing a third in Ottawa at the end of May. She is a pharmacist and runs an independent pharmacy in Collingwood, Ontario (just past the longest fresh water beach, Wasaga Beach!). Pharmacy has a large diabetes population and has a full time nurse on staff who works with many of these patients. Husband and two sons (10 & 7) will be joining her in New York as a great cheering section! Running with her will be her host father from a one year long Rotary exchange to Sweden nearly 20 years ago.
11. Lesley P. – Collingwoood ON. First marathon ever and has team member David F. to thank for bringing on board. For the last year David has been bugging her to run a Team D marathon, since her group of running mommies helped him train for Iceland! Has run 2 half marathons, and doing a third in Ottawa at the end of May. She is a pharmacist and runs an independent pharmacy in Collingwood, Ontario (just past the longest fresh water beach, Wasaga Beach!). Pharmacy has a large diabetes population and has a full time nurse on staff who works with many of these patients. Husband and two sons (10 & 7) will be joining her in New York as a great cheering section! Running with her will be her host father from a one year long Rotary exchange to Sweden nearly 20 years ago.
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