Congratulations to Dani Holmes on a great Marathon Finish!

Dani Holmes ran the F^3 Lake Half Marathon this past Saturday, January 28th in honor of the Dempster Family Foundation. She raised $3640.00 to help the Dempster Family Foundation Strike Out 22q!
Dani’s official half marathon results were 2:05.40 (9:36 min/mile). She cut off 6 minutes & 35 seconds from her previous PR. Thank you Dani for your amazing support of The Dempster Family Foundation!

Read more of Dani’s story below or connect to her on FB at Weightoffmyshoulders.

“I started running in 2005 and became a running addict pretty quickly. I ran my first Half Marathon in January 2006 and my first (and only) marathon in September 2006. It is a great release and something that can be done anywhere. In December 2010, I was diagnosed with a herniated disc and had a microdiscetomy in January. I was banned from running and was crushed. I was given the go-ahead to return to the sport in June and haven’t looked back. I trained and completed in the Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon on August 14, 2011 with a personal best of 2:12.15. I was psyched. I was on what they call a ‘runner’s high’ and wanted to sign up for another. But, this time I wanted to make my run worth even more. So I signed up for the F^3 Lake Half Marathon, which happens on January 28, 2012 and devised my plan from there.

“I started working for the Chicago Cubs in January 2008 and met Ryan Dempster shortly after that. He is an amazing player who is an even better human being. I remember when Ryan first told me about Riley and the DiGeorge Syndrome. I had never heard of it before, but made sure to read up about it. I have been trying to support the Ryan and Jenny Dempster Family Foundation as best I could since it began, but I have never felt like it has been enough. I haven’t been able to personally donate the funds I would’ve liked to. So it was only right to run the F^3 Lake Half Marathon in support of the Ryan and Jenny Dempster Family Foundation. I have set my goal at $3,500, but hope to raise as much as I can.”

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