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June 13, 2017
HEALTH
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Race promotes sun safety By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com
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Jenny Sarno has a powerful emotional connection to Outrun the Sun. Sarno is one of the skin cancer founders of the nonprofit, which will hold its 13th Outrun the Sun Race Against Melanoma at 6 p.m. June 17 at the Lawton Loop Parade Grounds, with courses through Fort Benjamin State Park. The run raises money for medical research for melanoma. Sarno’s first husband, Gary Patton, died from melanoma in 2002 at the age of 40. Patton was a lifelong friend of Rob Day. Day’s wife, Anita, and her sister, Jonna MacDougall, lost their father, John Busse, to melanoma the same month. Along with another friend, Marci Reddick, they formed the Outrun the Sun nonprofit. “It’s in my heart all the time,” said Sarno, a 1982 Carmel High School graduate and Carmel resident. The same is true for her son, Will, who was just 3 1/2 years old when his dad died. “Outrun the Sun is very important to me,” said Will, who graduated from CHS last month. “It allows me to get involved and educate others of the risks of skin cancer.
Jenny Sarno and her son, Will Patton, are devoted to sun safety. (Submitted photo)
I do not want others to lose a family member like I did.” Sarno said her son, who is going to Indiana University, is always passing out sunscreen and talking to other kids about the issue. Sarno said Will wants to be a dermatologist. Sarno said her son has volunteered for the run through the years. “He’s there for me (on race day) because that is a very emotional day,” Sarno said. “It’s amazing to see all these people there for this one cause.” To register for the races (5-mile, 5K and 1-mile), visit outrunthesun.org
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