Molly's Runners is a way for participants in the Bluenose Marathon to contribute to medical research. Simply register as a Molly's Runner with Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, and collect pledges. Your hard work will benefit the many Maritimers who rely on medical research.
"I just kept running one foot in front of the other."
Mark Black 28 year-old double lung and heart transplant survivor.
The wind and rain were fierce, and the thought crossed Mark Black’s mind that he could just stop running. Then he looked at his hand and the three names written there – friends who waited for transplants that didn’t come in time – and he kept going.
“I looked at those names and it just reminded me how lucky I was to be able to be doing what I was doing,” recalls Black, the recipient of a heart and double-lung transplant. "So I just kept putting one foot in front of the other until I got to the end."
Now, as a Molly Appeal Ambassador, Black will combine his love of running with his belief in medical research, as he encourages others to become Molly’s Runners. Molly’s Runners register in an organized run/walk of their choice and raise pledges for Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation’s Molly Appeal, which supports local medical research.
“I owe my life to medical research and I owe what I hope will be a long future to what they’re going to discover in the next five years. My life is very connected to medical research," says Black.
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To register as a Molly's Runner, contact Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation at (902) 494-3502 or email: dmrf@dal.ca