Awards:

for creativity,
 integrity &  excellence

                            Challenged Athletes Foundation 

Getting involved with CAF started out with wanting to learn to walk and to build endurance so I would be able to get groceries to prepare a meal for my family again. To tend a garden and enjoy the efforts put forth in the fragrant blossoms. It started out being about what I wanted into something very different. It's not about what I want, but what I have to offer. I learned what it is to Listen and that others like myself need someone to listen to them. Everyone has a story and in listening I've learned I'm not alone. Going to a CAF swim clinic began with the desire to get over the fear of glances and stares when I got in the pool or ocean to the desire to assist others, able or not. I walk now, able to do all those family things and so much more than I had ever dreamed.

  With CAF's support and grant for a handcycle, I not only completed 3 1/2 Marathons but also the LA Marathon and numerous SDTC events. I'm not relegated to my missing body part to define me, I'm a complete person. More than anything I've learned that once I got out of my own way there is no limit to where Life is going to take me.  CAF showed me that hope of an active life after amputation was more than possible and that dreams don't have to die.
A Heartfelt Thanks to CAF because, I can't seem to wipe the smile off my face.

my wetsuit lady

1st 5k walk 10/04
    
 

2nd 5k Crutch free !

 3rd 5k  4/05

 

Steep !

Back to Start

OC 1/2 Marathon                    Surf City 1/2 Marathon

LA Marathon March 2008

Solano Beach Sprint Triathlon                           Pacific Coast Triathlon

San Diego Triathlon Challenge 2008