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September 18th, 2009

Big Shoulders 2009 Chicago Results

Big Shoulders Chicago was the first informal meet up of teamschmult.com members.  Ten people came out to watch the sunrise at 8am and to support the four-team members that were doing the race.  Josh Kercheval, Nick C., Allison, Nick Schmidt have been training their bodies for the long distance swim and cold water.  5k swim is about 3 miles and the 2.5k swim is 1.55 miles.

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By Nick Schmidt

August 14th, 2009

Big Shoulders-Chicago 9/12/09

September 12, 2009 is the 19^th annual 2.5/5k Chicago masters’ Big shoulders swim. This year the 5k race is the USMS open water championship.

Josh & Nick will be swimming this year. Josh has been training for months and just recently won an ocean mile race in Hawaii. Plus, he did an ocean mile race in the Cayman Islands where he beat 2 Olympians. Josh will be doing the long race of 5k.  Nick has only trained for about a month due to a hole in his chest. He has been unable to participate in the water for a while because of the possibility of infection in his new port.  Nick will be swimming the 2.5k portion.

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By Nick Schmidt

June 3rd, 2009

3rd Event: Walk to Empower

Walk to Empower was TeamSchmult.com’s 3rd event. The event allowed people to walk 1 or 3 miles, or run 5k.

Two member of TeamSchmult.com did the 5k run on Mothers Day: Bahar & Dana. Dana actually flew all the way into Chicago to run through Grant park.

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By Nick Schmidt

June 3rd, 2009

2nd Event: PurpleStride Chicago

At Lincoln Park in downtown Chicago on May 2, 2009 3 members (Mary, Bahar, & Nick) of TeamSchmult participated in raising awareness for pancreatic cancer. The event was called PurpleStride Chicago. It was a 5k run and walk event that raised over $300,000. Next Year the event will be on May 1 (pending the park approval).

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By Nick Schmidt

June 3rd, 2009

Our 1st Event-Hustle Up the Hancock

Our very 1st event under teamschmult.com happened in Chicago, IL on Febuarary 22, 2009.  The event was taken place at the John Hancock building in downtown Chicago, hence the name “Hustle Up the Hancock”. Each year over 4,000 people climb to the top of the John Hancock building to raise funds for Lung Disease. The funds raised go towards research, advocacy, and education.

Posted in Past Events
By Nick Schmidt