I only run with cause.

I believe I have spent much time talking about hotpantsgalore’s grad school work. She is studying to become a speech-language pathologist, with a special interest in helping people recover the ability to communicate after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). While her research has focused on sports-related TBIs, the overall leading cause of TBI is a cerebrovascular accident – in other words, having a stroke.


You have no idea how many things can go wrong in here.

Stroke is the No. 1 preventable cause of disability for Americans. In order to raise awareness about stroke symptoms, treatment, prevention, and research, Shay and her classmates (and me too) have formed a team to run in the Stride for Stroke 5k Run on March 2nd. We are:

THE APHASIA AVENGERS!!!!

(Aphasia is a range of disorders that impair a person’s ability to formulate and/or comprehend language.)

Funds raised from the S4S Run benefit the Methodist Neurological Institute and its stroke outreach education programs at all Methodist system hospitals.

Here’s a link to my donation page. Your donations are tax-deductible! And feel free to forward this request to other who might be interested in supporting this cause. When it comes to fundraising, the more the merrier.

Thanks for your support!