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A Bloomington woman takes on all 56 miles
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You should eat your veggies Warm up to a plant-based diet
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Tough wheels A cancer survivor turns to cycling
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On the cover Bloomington’s Martha Shedd recently completed the 56-mile Comrades Marathon in South Africa.
SPOTTED ACHIEVE COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT FRESH PICKS EDITOR’S LETTER
Finding the positive virtues of change Life is all about changes. As we get older, we’re constantly finding this to be true. To stay healthy, we need to exercise more and especially watch what we eat. A couple of stories in this issue address the topic of change. In this issue, we graphically explain the new food labels, which we need to consult more and more to make sure we’re not ingesting too much salt, sugar or other ingredients. A story about vegan and vegetarian lifestyles was written as a way to encourage anyone who is considering eliminating meat from their diet that it’s not as hard as it may seem. There are plenty of resources that can help with the transition with more and more restaurants finding ways to meet those needs. Often, change isn’t easy. Old habits are hard to break. It’s easy to fall into a rut. But the minute we stop changing, we stop growing. There’s an often-used quote that is attributed to Socrates but is actually from the first edition of “Way of the Peaceful Warrior” by Dan Millman. In the fictionalized book, a character states, “You have many habits that weaken you. The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” May we all find the will to build the new. Marci Creps, managing editor
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The calling of
Comrades A Bloomington woman runs a famous marathon By Derrek Tipton When running a 56-mile ultra-marathon, speed is a moot point. Martha Shedd, a 51-year-old Bloomington resident, recently completed the Comrades Marathon in South Africa, running from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. The hills of southern Indiana aren’t anything compared to the terrain in the world’s oldest ultra-marathon, which started started in 1921, Shedd said. “We think it’s hilly in southern Indiana,” Shedd said. “But the elevation gains and losses — there was a 4,000-foot increase in elevation and 6,000-foot decrease in elevation. It’s not about going fast, it’s about endurance and longevity.” The May 29 event, which featured nearly 17,000 runners this year, was Shedd’s first
ultra-marathon. The trip was a gift last year for her birthday from her brother, David. She was unable to race it last year due to a stress fracture. But fortune smiled upon her this time around. She said she completed it in 10 hours and 8 minutes. If a runner does not finish in under 12 hours, then it doesn’t count as a finished race. “As soon as the gun goes off, everyone is timed,” Shedd said. “The people at the back have a harder time. I lost five or six minutes before I even reached the start line. It’s beautiful for those that finish and a little heart wrenching for those that don’t.” Shedd, who has run in the Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon, said she ran about four days a week to train for the event. At the peak of her training, she was running about three or four July 2016 • INstride 7
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hours per session. In addition to pacing herself, she had to learn how to eat and run. “I knew I’d be out there during meal-time, so you have to really manage your nutrition,” Shedd said. “You have to be able to eat and keep running. They had good support. They handed out PowerBars, potatoes, oranges and bananas.” Camaraderie was also an important component, Shedd said. “For the mortal racers, like where I was, it was very much a community,” Shedd said. “With me being a novice, running with a lot of people that had done this for multiple years, it was great to see people were helping each other.” Due to the incredible crowd support along the 56-mile route, Shedd wasn’t able to spot her 8 INstride • July 2016
family when she passed their location. After the race, Shedd said she and her family weren’t quite ready to leave. She, along with her boyfriend and sister, stayed for a few weeks to soak in the scenery. She hadn’t been to the continent since her days as an exchange student in Morocco. They took a tour of the place Nelson Mandela was captured, and even went on a safari where they saw zebras, giraffes, leopards and other wildlife. And their time also consisted of some much needed relaxation, which extended to Shedd’s return home. She hasn’t run since the marathon. “I did say I had a little trouble walking,” Shedd said. “I haven’t taken one step since the race.” Q
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See stars By Brooke McCluskey With just 28 calories per fruit and a tangy taste, starfruit — or carambola — packs potassium, fiber and more than half your recommended daily intake of vitamin C into a tiny star-shaped package. Although some people peel them, the soft and edible skin helps slices maintain a five-pointed shape. A starfruit looks appetizing on a bed of salad greens and adds a tropical zing. They can be stored at room temperature or sliced and frozen. Slices add a dash of sweetness to a cold glass of water.
Starfruit Quencher
Starfruit Tuna Salad
1/2 cup pineapple juice 4 starfruits, cut into 1/2 inch slices 2 tablespoons ginger syrup, or ginger blended with low-calorie sweetener and water, to taste 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 cups crushed ice 1/2 cup lemon-lime flavored soda or sparkling water, chilled
1 to 11/2 pounds fresh tuna fillets, cut into 4 pieces 1/2 cup light mayonnaise 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, or to taste 1 teaspoon fresh dill 1/4 teaspoon paprika 2 starfruit, cut into 1/4-inch slices 8 cups mixed greens 1 peeled cucumber, seeded and thinly sliced 3 sliced green onions
Directions: Process starfruit and pineapple juice in a blender until smooth. Strain out and discard solids. Stir in ginger syrup and lemon juice. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Fill two glasses with crushed ice. Pour starfruit mixture over ice, followed by soda or sparkling water. Stir and serve. Makes two servings. SOURCE: COOKING LIGHT
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the starfruit, and brush both tuna and starfruit with some of the dressing, and allow it to finish cooking. The starfruit may brown slightly. Combine mixed greens and cucumber in a large salad bowl. Add remaining dressing and toss to coat. Divide greens among four dinner plates and place one piece of tuna on the center of each salad. Arrange starfruit slices around tuna. Sprinkle with green onions. SOURCE: EATINGWELL.COM
Directions: Mix mayonnaise, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, dill and paprika in a bowl to create a dressing. Grill or broil tuna in the oven or on the grill until it is just a few minutes away from done. During the last three minutes of cooking, add
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INSTRIDE Q&A
Teepa Snow
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Teepa Snow is an occupational therapist who works in the field of dementia care.
Thoughts on dementia By Lauren Slavin Teepa Snow, an occupational therapist who has worked in the field of dementia care for more than three decades, led a public seminar about her “Positive Approach to Care” training model at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital in May. Snow sat down with INstride before her seminar to answer a few questions about people living with dementia and their caregivers. Answers have been edited for clarity. Q What is dementia, and how common is it? A It’s not one size fits all. Each of them is unique, all of them kill your brain, all of them are progressive, none of them can be stopped, right now, and all of them are terminal. Only 50 to 60 percent under the umbrella is Alzheimer’s. It used to be huge; we used to think 80 to 90 percent. We were wrong. And the most common type of dementia is mixed picture — having two of them. It’s not nice, neat and pretty. Q Who is most at risk for dementia? A We know that anyone with a mental health condition is more at risk. We know people who have high diabetic indexes are more at risk. We know people who have had head injuries, their risk goes up by 50 percent. We know that genetic code matters. Getting older is your highest risk for most dementias. There is evidence at (age) 10 INstride • July 2016
65, somewhere probably around 7 to 10 percent of all of us experience some sort of dementia, and the symptoms are enough that it’s affecting our life and how we live it. By age 85, it’s approximately 50 percent of everybody. Q How can you mitigate the risk of dementia? A Sleeping. It’s turning out sleep is much more important than we thought. Sleep apnea is a very high risk behavior. We need sleep to heal and recover. It’s when your brain grows new synaptic connections. It’s where you solidify information. So sleep and stress management: managing stress, socializing, doing fun things with your brain. Dancing with a partner is number one for risk reduction. What do you have to do to dance? You have to mirror each other, so you have to be able to be flexible in your thinking. It’s cardiovascular, you’re following rhythms, you’re creating new motor patterns, you’re learning the new motor patterns, you’re applying them and then you’re using visual imagery, auditory processing, motor control and endurance. The other one is learning a new musical instrument. And if you do it with a group, it’s the most powerful. Our biggest problem in this nation is nobody’s really willing to screen for cognition. We wait to screen until we think there is something
wrong with you. Q What are the biggest myths associated with dementia? A That people are not aware of their losses. They tend to become hypersensitive, hyperaware. They create anxiety in their own mind, which makes it impossible for them to do things. They’re so anxious they become dysfunctional. They cling, and it wears the family out. The other myth is that it’s mostly about memory, and it’s rarely mostly about memory. That’s the tip of the iceberg. It’s about brain failure. What we need to do is quit being scared of this disease and start being curious about what it means. For half of us, if we live long enough, we’re going to experience it one way or the other. We’re either going to have it, or someone we really care about is going to have it. We should be more curious while we can be and more prepared to figure out how could I help someone and how could I help someone I don’t even know rather than walking by them.
never on their own list of things to do. You always need a third party so you can take a break without compromising the person who’s living with you or compromising your own health. We’ve got to build support. And you need a coach. You’re going to need somebody to coach you on how to say things. The problem is we don’t have enough people out there who know how to coach care family members, or professionals for that matter, on how to be a different provider. You can take care of them. But you can’t be their wife, their caregiver, their financial manager, their health provider. You can’t do it all. You’re just going to kill yourself, and they’ll still die. We’ve got to change that thinking into this is complicated. We need to start building a team and quit thinking you’re unique. You’re not. This is happening to one in five families at any point in time. I’ve got to own a different way of being. If I’m going to help you as you’re changing, then I start to understand that if I’m going be successful and I want you to be successful, I’m going to figure out how to work with your brain as it is and quit grieving it as it’s not. Q
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Q How can you best care for someone with dementia? A There are people out there and there are resources, but you’ve got to know about them and you actually want to know about them before you need them. You need to look in the mirror at yourself and identify what am I good at and what am I not? Where am I strong and where am I weak? Dementia is not a health condition; it’s a life condition. So think of what it takes for you to live life: You have to manage your finances, you have to manage your home, you’ve got to manage people, you’ve got to manage time, you’ve got to manage all that stuff. So if I’m going to be your care person, how are we going to manage all that? People don’t take care of themselves. They’re
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The new nutrition label
THE NEW LABEL
AN INSTRIDE INFOGRAPHIC
At first glance, the new nutrition label rolled out by the FDA in May looks a lot like the old one. The old label was considered a masterwork of design and typography, a simple element that packed a ton of crucial product information in a compact box. The FDA hopes the subtle changes help the public make informed food choices.
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Type size for “calories,� “servings per container� and “serving size� are bigger and bolder. “Added sugars� in grams is new. The FDA says the change reflects new info on diet and nutrition. “Calories from fat� is history. Most nutritionists agree the type of fat is more important than the amount.
Daily values of fiber, sodium, vitamin D and other nutrients reflect recent scientific information.
Serving size and servings per container have changed. Serving size reflects the amount consumers eat, not how much they should eat. Package size also reflects changes in the modern American diet.
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Vitamin D, calcium, iron and potassium will be required on the new label. Vitamins A and C won’t be required but food manufacturers can add them voluntarily.
The FDA says manufacturers need to begin using the new label by July 2018.
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CALENDAR SPOTTED ACHIEVE COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT FRESH PICKS EDITOR’S LETTER
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This year’s Run Club at Childs Elementary School included participants and volunteers from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, IU Health, City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation, parents and teachers.
Professionals strive to improve school health By Lisa Greathouse IU HEALTH MANAGER OF COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH
Editor’s note: This information is presented in partnership with ACHIEVE, a local organization that strives to make the healthy choice the easy choice. The connection between health and learning is not a new concept. School leaders understand this idea and emphasize it throughout the school year by promoting a good night’s rest, a healthy breakfast and snacks, and activity breaks called brain boosters during testing days. School districts collaborate with community organizations to offer in-school vaccine clinics, staff training and before and after school activities. Improving the school’s health environment can mean a number of benefits for a school district — including more focused students, improved attendance rates and reduced conflicts. Staff can benefit as well. Employee wellness 14 INstride • July 2016
efforts can result in healthier staff members, which means lower insurance costs and fewer sub costs. Efforts to improve the school health environment for students and staff cannot be possible, however, without the help of the community. The students are a direct reflection of their school and the community in which they reside. Successful collaboration can result in sustainable change. In 2015, a position to support coordinated school health was created. Over the past year, we have helped facilitate steps to improve and sustain change. Assessing the district is the first step to improvement. Traditionally, school administrators have been surveyed each spring. Survey categories include alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; clinical, community involvement; social/
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Jessica Kennedy, an instructor at IPS, consults with Fairview Elementary School faculty about integrating movement into everyday learning. Staff and students participated in a pedometer program and partnered with an IU department to collect and analyze data, provide incentives for teachers and provide additional resources to encourage movement in the classroom.
emotional/mental health; environmental; family engagement; health education, nutrition, physical activity/education, safety, sex education; and staff worksite wellness. This year’s responses show an overall increase in the number of initiatives throughout the district. New programs have been created, and there is an increase in interest and excitement around school health initiatives. Resources that were seen as difficult to obtain are now being viewed as achievable with the help of a coordinated school health manager. Schools need time and money to bring most ideas to fruition. These commodities are often
limited. With full-time position — plus help from many student interns — resources can be allocated and distributed to the schools based on need and readiness. External funds helped schools purchase equipment and materials needed to implement a number of programs targeting physical activity, nutrition and after school time. Below is a list of the organizations that provided additional funding for school health efforts during the 2015-16 school year. • IU School of Public Health-Bloomington • Action for Healthy Kids • Hoosier Half Healthy Community July 2016 • INstride 15
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Local chef Jeff Taber offers Tri-North students samples of apple jicama slaw and bulgur quinoa taboulleh. District taste tests were funded from a Hoosier Half Healthy Community grant.
• Monroe Owen County Medical Society • City of Bloomington • IU Health Bloomington • Southern Indiana Physicians • Indiana State Department of Health • Premier Healthcare • Monroe County Community Foundation • IU Health Bloomington Hospital Foundation To supplement existing training offered by the district, educational training was also offered on topics such as physical activity, social and emotional health, sex education, clinical health and physical education. Some sessions targeted individual schools or departments, while others were open to specific grade levels. 16 INstride • July 2016
Opportunities were offered in the form of webinars, conferences, train-the-trainer style sessions, or one- to three-day on site meetings. Below are organizations that either presented the training or provided funding to cover the cost of the training. • Premier Healthcare • Indiana State Department of Health • IU School of Public Health-Bloomington • SHAPE America • IU Health-Bloomington Community Health If your organization is interested in helping with school health efforts, please contact Lisa Greathouse at LGreathouse@iuhealth.org. Q
Growing into a plant-based diet By Marci Creps
One’s decision to become vegetarian or vegan can be very personal. But if it’s a decision you’re considering, you may find the change is easier than you think. Kirstin Milks said there are plenty of resources to help someone find a way to eat healthy without meat and/or dairy products. “People often forget that incremental steps can be really useful and helpful,” she said. Often, people who want to explore a non-meat world will start by trying to reinvent dishes they are familiar with. Milks said the website meatlessmonday. com is a great place to start. The site offers articles as well as recipes that Milks said aren’t too exotic for most people. When it comes to vegan requirements, food labeling has been a great way for someone to determine if an item on the store shelf is vegan or not. “This is an unintentional consequence of modern packaging,” Milks said. Food labels will indicate if the item contains milk or eggs — two ingredients that vegans avoid. And larger box stores are also catering to vegans and vegetarians with the food they sell. Jessika Griffin said eating out is also a bit easier for vegans and vegetarians. “A lot of restaurants will do labeling in some way,” she said, and many local restaurants use symbols. The BloomingVeg group has both a Facebook page and website to help anyone considering a meatless lifestyle. Griffin helped spearhead the website’s dining guide that helps anyone new to the area find options in local restaurants. Members of the Facebook group also offer up helpful tips including restaurants willing to make vegan or vegetarian options that aren’t on the menu. The BloomingVeg group, which often has a table at the Saturday farmers’ market in Bloomington, also has
Resources for vegans/vegetarians Q BloomingVeg.org offers information about local events, news and a helpful dining guide. The organization also has a Facebook page that can be found at www.facebook.com/BloomingVEG. Q At meatlessmonday.com, you can find information about the benefits of going meatless once a week as well as recipes. Q Check your nearest public library for cookbooks that eliminate meat and/or dairy.
monthly potlucks. Griffin said the event is a great way for new residents, students or anyone new to eating without meat to try various foods. “We encourage people who have no idea what to cook to bring a bag of chips or a beverage and then try everything that you want,” she said. Milks said the availability of resources is helpful, especially when it comes to finding suitable substitutions for ingredients such as eggs. Although there are egg substitutes, people are surprised that a banana or the use of baking soda and vinegar can provide delicious results. While being vegan can be as simple as consuming a diet of Doritos, Oreos and spaghetti with margarine, the options for a much healthier diet than that are limitless. “I really like the idea that the internet and that BloomingVeg and other resources really allow people to see a broader picture of what food looks like,” Milks said.
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WHEN: Daily activities WHERE: The Endwright Center, 631 W. Edgewood Drive, Ellettsville. DESCRIPTION: Try classes in Tai Chi, yoga, Looking for more one-on-one fitness, low-impact dance, activities andExplore events? balance and more. puzzles, trivia Check out myINstride.com/ and games for the brain. Some classes are calendar add your own free and someor have fees. MORE INFO: 812-876-3383 ext. 515
All July Childbirth Prep and Postpartum Support WHEN: Many sessions offered WHERE: IU Health Bloomington Hospital DESCRIPTION: Includes presentations on childbirth prep/baby basics, childbirth education, grandparents’ classes, sibling classes, women and children’s services tours, postpartum support and more. MORE INFO: iuhealth.org
11-16 RAINSTORM WHERE: Starts and finishes in Richmond at Earlham College. DESCRITPION: This multi-day cycling event includes stays at Indiana state park inns with catered breakfasts and dinners. The event is for dedicated cyclists willing to endure long hours in the saddle. MORE INFO: 812-333-8176
16 Ride Across Indiana (RAIN) WHEN: 7 a.m. WHERE: Saint Mary of the Woods College, Terre Haute DESCRITPION: This 160-mile bicycle ride runs mostly on historic National Route 40. You should be able to average at least 12 to 14 miles per hour for more than 11 hours. MORE INFO: rainride.org
AUG. 20 “Head for the Hills” Patoka Lake Triathlon WHEN: 8:30 a.m. packet pickup WHERE: 3084 N. Dillman Road in Birdseye DESCRIPTION: Head for the hills and race for a cause. Proceeds benefit Patoka’s non-releasable raptors: a red-tailed hawk, an eastern screech owl and a bald eagle. Swim 500 yards. Bike 12.8 “hillacious” miles. Run 3.1 miles on groomed gravel and paved trail. MORE INFO: triathlons.dnr.in.gov or call 812-685-2447
OCT. 1 Edgewood High School Dollars for Scholars 5K Run/Walk WHEN: 8:30 a.m. WHERE: 7600 W. Reeves Road, Bloomington DESCRIPTION: Annual run/walk starts and ends at the Edgewood Intermediate School. Proceeds will be used to fund academic scholarships enabling deserving Edgewood High School students to continue their educations. MORE INFO: Mag7raceseries.com or edgewood.dollarsforscholars.org
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10 Lincoln Lee Memorial 5K Walk/Run WHEN: 7:30 a.m. registration WHERE: Monrovia High School, 205 S. Chestnut, Monrovia DESCRIPTION: Annual walk/run is open to all ages and proceeds benefit the Lincoln Lee Scholarship Fund. Medals will be awarded to the top finishers in each age/ gender category. Event T-shirts will be provided to the first 100 registrants.
11 September Escapade Touring Ride WHEN: Sept. 11 to 16 WHERE: Fairfax State Recreation Area DESCRIPTION: September Escapade offers a relaxed, scenic tour of south-central Indiana by bicycle. Starts and finishes at Fairfax SRA on Lake Monroe. Visit Brown County, Spring Mill and McCormick’s Creek State Parks. Breakfasts, dinners and lodging will be at Indiana State Park inns. MORE INFO: triri.org
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Tough wheels Cancer survivor turned to cycling during treatment By Lauren Slavin
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Carl Field is a cancer survivor and bike riding enthusiast.
f Carl Field could just put on his kit and get on his bicycle, he could make it to his next treatment. Field was a cycler long before he was a skin cancer survivor. He knows that, at least physically, he looks like he should be on a football field rather than atop a bike. But cycling is what Field loves, and while he was in cancer treatment, cycling was his lifeline. Field suffered severe fatigue as a side effect of his immunotherapy treatment. Still, every day he tried to put on his kit — a cycler’s term for their jersey and shorts — and go for a ride. “It wasn’t always a long ride; it wasn’t always a fast ride. But that become my catharsis,” Field said. “That became the one thing that could be consistent and I could count on and wasn’t a big question mark in my life. That was the thing I consistently knew I could depend on — my bike.” Cycling and treatment became routine for Field. Making and keeping radiation appointments, managing other aspects of his health — fighting cancer was like a full-time job. Then, suddenly, it wasn’t. Field wasn’t a cancer patient anymore. He was
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a cancer survivor. And like many cancer survivors, he wasn’t sure where to direct the energy he had focused on his cancer battle. “There has always been this task of here, what I can do to continue my healing process. Suddenly that isn’t there anymore,” Field said. “The day that treatment is over it becomes, ‘Oh, what now? What do I do?’” Field has been cancer-free for more than 20 years, but he hasn’t stopped cycling. The hobby that became a coping mechanism during his illness has had an equally important role in Field’s survivorship. He filled life after cancer with work and supporting his family, including his wife, Georgia Frey, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. Cycling, Field said, has been the critical component in maintaining his physical and mental health as a cancer survivor. Exercise can feel like a chore when it is approached as a chore, he said. To create a sustainable physical routine, cancer survivors should evaluate activities that they enjoy enough to incorporate into their regular schedules. “I think people frequently do things out of desperation, out of obligation,” Field said.
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Carl Field has been cancer-free for more than 20 years.
“What can I put that time and energy into that I actually enjoy and that will become then an activity that will be easy to continue and to make part of daily life?” Now, Field coaches two Indiana University Little 500 teams, races with the Scholars Inn Bakehouse cycling team, and participates in cycling fundraisers like 24 Hours of Booty, a 24-hour-long, noncompetitive event that took place June 24 and 25. Six years ago, Field met a young father through an online cycling forum whose son, Colin, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia before his first birthday. “The forum kind of became a place for him to come and vent and get some support,” Field said. Colin died just after his second birthday, and the forum members decided to meet in person in Atlanta to participate in 24 Hours of Booty “in an effort to honor Colin’s memory,” Field said. “We’ve continued to go to these events, and he’s kind of our motivation and incentive to keep doing that.”
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Carl Field and his wife, Georgia Frey.
The group now meets at the annual 24 Hours of Booty fundraiser in Indianapolis, the proceeds of which go to the IU Health Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center. “It’s literally people from all over the country that come,” Field said. Q July 2016 • INstride 21
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