Registration for the 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon opens today. The only way to receive guaranteed entry for the marathon is through a charity slot.
RDS Runners have a limited number of charity slots available for the marathon. Any interested runners can contact RDS Runners at rdsrunners@researchds.org or visit the Chicago Marathon page on the RDS website for more information.
Lottery registration for the Marine Corps Marathon is currently open. RDS Runners does not have guaranteed entries for the race this year, and any runners interested in participating in the Marine Corps Marathon should sign up for the lottery to try and obtain entry into the race.
Any questions about the Marine Corps Marathon can be sent to RDS Runners at rdsrunners@researchds.org.
World Down Syndrome Day Virtual Run/Walk shirts are printed and being shipped! Register now: http://ow.ly/tRIQz
Thank you organizers!
Thousands of WDSD Virtual Run/Walk shirts ready for shipment.
In less than one week, RDS Runner Richard Huckaby will be running in the Gasparilla Half Marathon in Tampa. Read his beautiful message on his fundraising page. His inspiration is his daugther Bella:
http://www.crowdrise.com/Gasparilla12Marathon
Richard, his family, friends and co-workers are closing in on $5,000 for RDS and DS cognitive research.
Thank you Richard. Have a great race this weekend…
Have Fun…Stay Safe…Be Strong
Bella Grace Huckaby
Who’s planning on running the 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon? Do you have friends or family interested in running in one of America’s great events? RDS Runners is again one of the select charity partners with entries into this high demand race.
Please pass this news on to your runner friends. With your help, RDS Runners will be spreading awareness of the promise of Down syndrome cognitive research, as they run in a field of 40,000 runners in view of millions of cheering spectators. Let’s do it! Let’s Race for the Extraordinary and raise many thousands of dollars to support this remarkable research initiative!
Happy Freezing Wednesday everyone!
Four RDS Runners in January and February:
Kathy Rogers in Charleston, Christopher Root in Houston, Betty Jones at Disneyland and Richard Huckaby(upcoming Feb. 23 race in Tampa) set fundraising goals that totaled $6,000. Well, the amount raised is at $8,870 and counting. Thank You!
Maybe we need to have a little discussion about goal setting, RDS says smilingly!
http://www.crowdrise.com/researchdsorg
Kathy Rogers and Julia
Betsy Jones at Disneyland
The RDS Runners competitive season is coming to a close. We still need to recognize a few more folks who recently Raced for the Extraordinary.
Congrats, Debbie Drew, for representing RDS Runners in the San Antonio Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon. Our thanks to you and your donors for raising over $2500 for Ds research helping Noah and so many more.
Megan Mozart, for the second year, you’ve competed as an RDS Runner in support of all persons with Down syndrome, especially nephew Richie. You blew away your $1K goal, and then exceeded your $3210(get it?) stretch goal. Way to go! Thanks for raising Ds research dollars in the Zombie Runner Marathon near San Jose, CA.
We are working on plans and a schedule for 2014. Help us take RDS Runners to the next level. We need your support. Please share RDS Runners related posts, send ideas/questions to rdsrunners@researchds.org, and continue to advocate for RDS Runners and the benefits of exercise on cognition.
Debbie rocking the RDS Runner special edition black performance tank in the San Antonio Half.
Megan Mozart showing off her RDS Runners hat 1.0
For a second year, a group of RDS Runners has gotten together to run in honor of Flynn Fry. The team, led by Lisa Arnoa, fund raised for RDS and Ds research. They are so touched by Flynn, and Flynn continues to serve as an inspiration to assist all persons with Down syndrome with research that will lead to enhanced life opportunities. Team members were Lisa Arnoa, Matt and Jess MacDougall, Heather Anthony, Colleen Morrisroe, Maureen Morrisroe, Bridgid Eileen and Melissa Guarino.
Thank you team for Running for Flynn.
RDS Runners’ ‘Team Flynn’ was one of our first teams running in support of Down syndrome cognitive research. This team is from the Washington, DC area. The inspiration for this team was Flynn Fry.
A team of RDS Runners from New Jersey are running in the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend 8K race, and they asked if they could run in his loving memory. We said, “Of Course!”. What a kind gesture.They will be:
“Running for Flynn”
Good luck RDS Runners in Philly this weekend! Have fun… stay safe… be strong!
Thanks for “Running for Flynn”, and for DS cognitive research.
http://www.crowdrise.com/RunForFlynn
A big thank you to Down Syndrome Association of Greater Charlotte. DSAGC organized a fun run with over 600 participants, with the proceeds directed to Research Down Syndrome. It’s a natural…promoting the partnership of cognition, cognition research and exercise, a concept shared by our RDS Runners all across the country.
Ds Associations: Kelly Campbell and Kathryn Lariviere from DSAGC have kindly offered to help you with information about the steps they took to hold such an event. A key component was identifying a local race organizer to handle many of the race related details. Can you imagine the potential to re-state public support for Ds research if associations across the country followed DSAGC’s lead and held similar fun runs? RDS and our RDS Runners program is ready to assist as well.
Supporters, please share this post with you local organization…
and
Contact us at rdsrunners@researchds.org to begin your fun run planning.
THANKS AGAIN DSAGC !
Here are pictures from race day:
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