From Reykjavik to Rio de Janeiro. This past August I joined many other athletes from various parts of Canada to participate in a 10km run in Reykjavik Iceland for a reason much more important than the personal challenge completing this event represents. As members of the Canadian Diabetes Association’s Team Diabetes Canada, we participated to assist the Association in their efforts to help people with diabetes make a change for the better by raising a minimum of $6000. In total Team Diabetes participants in Reykjavik this year raised over one million dollars for research and advocacy!

With this accomplishment under my belt I have decided to continue to support the Canadian Diabetes Association by remaining apart of the Team Diabetes program. I hope to participate in the half marathon event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2008.