Hal during the 2010 NYC Marathon

For Team Fox member Hal Halvorsen, running a marathon wasn’t something he saw in his future.  But then again, neither was getting Parkinson’s.  So in August of 2003, shortly after he was diagnosed, he made the decision to change his “couch potato ways” and started running.  He bought a treadmill, began to walk, then run.  He had never run in his life before, but was soon signing up for his first race.  In October of 2004, he ran a 5K in Baltimore with son Adam for the “Movers and Shakers” which raised money for the National Parkinson’s Foundation.  It was the first time he had raised money for a Parkinson’s organization, and became his first of many races.  He ran a half marathon in 2005 and began to think bigger. “I began to think I could run a marathon.  That’s when I discovered Team Fox.  I found I could raise money for a cure with Team Fox and run the 2007 NYC Marathon.”  Since, Hal’s run the 2009 Boston Marathon and the NYC Marathon again in 2010.

Inspired to raise more funds and awareness for Parkinson’s research, Hal and wife Mary started the Belvidere Fox Trot 5K in 2010 in their community.  Held in April to highlight Parkinson’s Awareness Month, this 5K run and 1 mile community walk is a way for the Halvorsen family to fundraise together and engage the community.  To date, Hal has raised over $13,000 for Team Fox and Parkinson’s research! Continue reading “Team Fox Member Hal Hosts 3rd Annual “Belvidere Fox Trot 5K”” »

On November 6th, 200+ runners took to the streets of NYC to run 26.2 miles on behalf of Team Fox! One of those runners was Gwen and she ran those 26.2 miles with a camera on her head! Check out the amazing video she created!

2011 New York City Marathon Time-Lapse (ING NYC Marathon) from Gwen Schroeder on Vimeo.

It’s New York City marathon weekend. The nervous energy is infectious and exhilarating. At the Expo, the Road to the Finish movie about the course keeps bringing tears to my eyes. I’m not running this year. It’s my wonderful husband John who is. So I wonder why I’m so amped. I conclude that there are two things that get me – this public, community, loving, screaming, outreach – meets private, personal, commitment, pain, and joy.

I wish we could do this all the time. Scream our lungs out for each other every day. Say, “You are awesome, you are incredible, you can do this thing, I LOVE YOU.” Why don’t we? We are all running. Plus, it’s the abandon of it, of our enthusiasm, that is beautiful to me. Like the way we talk to the very young and look right into their eyes. Our lack of embarrassment in our, “Yes you can.” Anyway, that all makes me cry. And if I really knew what people go through all the time, walking around me, how would it change things? I guess we mostly do the best we can.

Continue reading “Letter to my Husband John” »

Rob Cornell will take on his 2nd NYC Marathon for Team Fox, hoping to break both his time goal from last year (3:43:03) and his fundraising goal of over $3000.  His inspiration to run comes straight from Michael.  Rob, who’s a Hamilton College alum, recently told Radio Free Hamilton

I actually joined the Fox Foundation after reading Michael J. Fox’s incredible story. He’s a extremely modest man who hasn’t let this disease change the way he lives. He’s determined to fight it and find a cure not just for himself, but for the 60,000 people that will be diagnosed with PD this year alone. It’s one of those incurable diseases that no one talks about or even really knows anything about. I can’t say that I knew much about it prior to reading his books. But now that I am aware of it, I just wanted to try and help anyway I could.

To see more of Rob’s interview on Radio Free Hamilton, click here and to support his marathon efforts check out his Team Fox page here.  Go Rob!

Everyone remembers “Half-time with Kristina!” Now it’s Stephanie’s turn, only she’ll be running in the NYC Marathon, this Sunday! Check out what Stephanie has to say about the big event and her love of Team Fox!

Check out this great article on Team Fox member Brenton! Brenton is running the ING NYC Marathon this weekend. Click here to check out his Team Fox page. Brenton is part of team Lamarathon, a group of co-workers at Lamar Advertising. Check out their team page here.