August 2018 | Vol. 4 Iss. 08
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RUN FOR A BETTER WORLD
AT SUGAR HOUSE PARK THIS AUGUST By Lawrence Linford | Lawrence@mycityjournals.com
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UNGevity Foundation “Breathe Deep 5K” Before she was diagnosed with stage III lung cancer, Jan Poulsen and her family knew little about the disease. They looked to the LUNGevity foundation, the only national nonprofit that focuses on and raises funds specifically for lung cancer. Poulsen learned some startling facts. More patients die from lung cancer than from breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer combined. One in 16 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 60 to 65 percent of lung cancer patients never smoked or had quit. After Poulsen and her daughters participated in a LUNGevity 5K in Los Angeles they decided to bring the same event to Salt Lake, now in its seventh year. Poulsen is in her 11th year of cancer survivorship and will be participating in the fun walk in Sugar House Park. Check-in and registration begin at 8 a.m. on AuG. 11 at the Big Field Pavilion. A program about lung cancer prevention and treatment begins at 9 a.m., warm-up starts at 9:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 10. There will be a light breakfast, music, a raffle, face painting and team photos. Adults: $25, seniors/students with ID: $15, children 5 to 13: $10 and lung cancer survivors and children under five are free. For more information, to donate, sponsor, start a team or preregister visit www.LUNGevity.org/saltlakecity. Epilepsy Foundation “Seize the Night 5K Fun Walk/ Run” “There are over 40 different kinds of seizures,” said Margo Thurman, executive director of the Utah chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation, “and one out of 26 people have epilepsy.” Sixty-five million are estimated to have epilepsy worldwide. The Utah chapter has educated over 13,000 people, including first responders, about epilepsy since 2011. “Some police officers we educated about epilepsy thought some people they arrested for suspected drug use might actually been having a seizure. Because the symptoms are similar and the arrestees were later released,” said Thurman. This 5K event raises awareness of epilepsy, and funds to assist people with epilepsy, their families, weekly support groups and other services. Registration begins at 6 p.m. on Aug. 11 at the Big Field Pavilion. The walk/run starts at 6:45 p.m. “The mayor will likely be there,” said Thurman. “There’ll be a photo booth, face painting, music, participants will get a T-shirt and a bag from sponsors with info about epilepsy. Pizza will be served after the walk. And people usually stay and dance after the walk.” Adults (13+): $25, children (6-12): $10 and chil-
Epilepsy Foundation’s 2016 “Seize the Night 5K Fun Walk/Run” in Sugar House Park. (Courtesy of the Epilepsy Foundation)
dren under 5 are free (there aren’t T-shirts for kids under 5). For more information or to preregister visit the Utah chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation website, epilepsy.com or email Margo Thurman at utah@efa.org. Highland Invitational at Sugar House Park “It’s a great event to kick off the running season,” said Gary Rowles, the meet director, “and we’ve had over 2,000 runners compete.” Highland High School will host its eighth annual
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Cross Country Invitational in Sugar House Park on August 17, from 2 p.m. to about 7 p.m. The Invitational is open to all teams in Utah. “It’s a great chance for teams to run parts of the state course and compete against top competition,” wrote Gary Rowles on the runnercard.com website. The event will use the whole park. All are welcome. For more information, including the schedule, visit runnercard.com. Continued on page 5...
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