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| Welcome To the Site For Race For Hope. April 2008 Plans are now underway for the 5th Annual Peggy Bock Memorial Race for hope. The Date is Saturday October 12, 2008. It will start at the High School in Upper Arlington. We hope to see all of you there again this year. October 2007 THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE!!! What a great day we had for a race We want to Thank all who came out to support Race for Hope. We realize there were other events Sunday and all of us involved with Race for Hope are truly thankful you chose this event. Hopefully we will see you again next year. Thanks again to all the volunteers... without you this race would not happen. Hopefully you enjoyed the day and we will see you next year. Congratulations to the top male and female finishers: Race for Hope is proud to have this talent in the field. Top male finishers Matthew Whitis 15:47 Noboru Yuki 16:42 Daniel File 17:02 Top female finishers; Susan Ebersbach 21:16 Stephanie Whitis 21:32 Kelly Povoski 21:46 This race is for all who have cancer, are supporting someone with cancer, who have lost a loved one to cancer, or just want to help those whose lives are affected by cancer. This is your race so I welcome any suggestions you may have. You can e-mail thoughts, concerns, ideas, etc. to raceforhope@columbus.rr.com For those that were unable to stay for the award presentation, your trophy and medals and prizes can be picked up at Move Your Mind Fitness in Upper Arlington this week. They will be there after 4:00pm this afternoon (Monday). Pictures from the race will be up soon as well. THANKS AGAIN TO ALL!! INTRODUCTION Cancer effects so many people in so many ways. I lost my uncle in 2000 to pancreatic cancer, an aunt in 2001 to lung cancer, my dad in 2002 to bladder cancer, another aunt in 2002 to colon cancer, and my friend in 2004 to colon cancer. It really doesn't matter what kind of cancer you have ...hearing the words "You have cancer" sucks no matter what. So I, with the help of Road of Life, The Columbus Cancer Clinic, and The Wellness Community as well as others organize this 5K run to benefit cancer research and to bring support and hope to those battling cancer. In memory of our loved ones, we are committed to helping others who are affected by cancer. Please help us with this fight. Together we can bring hope to others. Thank you. Carleen Taylor 2008 RACE DETAILS The race this year will be held October 112th 2008 at 11: 00 am at Upper Arlington High School. Pre-Race Activities begin at 10:30 am. Per-race activities include speakers from The Columbus Cancer Clinic, The Wellness Community, presentations of The Angel Award, and the Hope Angel Award. There will be a raffle, please click on raffle items to preview the fun and unique items in the raffle this year. 105.7 FM the Brew will be there with. There will be mascot appearances. Children's activities including Kuhl Balloons and sand art. There will be cooking demonstrations on how to cook healthy from Chef Bryan Loveless. Food provided by Panera bread. Appearance and music by Arnett Howard Proceeds from the Race will go to Healing Journey for kids at The James Cancer Hospital, Hope Street Kids, Road of Life, The Columbus Cancer Clinic, The Wellness Community, and The National Colorectal Research Alliance. For those that are new to Race For Hope please read Peggy's story to see the history of the race. 2007 Pre-Registration and Packet Pickup: Move Your Mind Fitness 2100 Tremont Center Upper Arlington OH 43221 614-486-0575 Tuesday 10/09 beginning at 9:00am-Saturday 10/13 Race Day Registration and Packet Pickup: 9:00am to 10:30am* no entry after 10:30am to allow time for computer entry Parking: Upper Arlington High School, Kingsdale Shopping Center Race Route: 5k Course is USATF Ceritified The 5k run/walk starts on Mt Holyoke goes South to Westminster, take Westminster East to Vassar Place, take Vassar Place North to Montcalm, take Montcalm to Ridgeview, take Ridgeview west to Wellesley, take Wellesley north to Zollinger, take Zollinger west to Mt Holyoke, take Mt Holyoke south to finish. Take this route twice to complete the 5k. GOAL FOR COLON CANCER One of the goals of the race is to help raise awareness for colon cancer. Colon cancer is the number 2 cause of cancer deaths in the United States and it is affecting many people under the age of 50. Early detection greatly increase the chances of surviving colon cancer. Please talk with you Doctor about colon cancer, know you family history, and don't just think of it as an "old person's disease. Peggy was 42 when diagnosed, our 2006 hope award recipient is 23 and is fighting stage 3 colon cancer, a scholarship has been started in memory of Martin Metzger who died of colon cancer in his forties. Again...talk to your Doctor The mission of this race is; • to be an educational day for the community as well as a day of support and hope for all cancer patients, their friends, and families. • to raise research dollar’s. • to promote a healthy lifestyle by giving people an opportunity to run and walk for a worthwhile cause. • to promote early screening so that early treatment can begin. •to let people know that colon cancer is the number 2 cause of cancer deaths in the United States and if caught early it has a 90% survival rate. |
