Congratulations to Operation Walk supporter Dr. John Dougall, who came in place #287 out of 900 at the Big Cottonwood Canyon Marathon on September 11th, 2021. Dr. Dougall ran with Dr. Dorr in mind, and raised over $3,000 for Operation Walk via his GoFundMe campaign. He writes:
“As a tribute to Dr. Dorr (who sadly passed in late 2020), and to hundreds of amazing professionals who generously provide their time and expertise free of charge, I’m going to run the Big Cottonwood Canyon Marathon on 9/11 and invite donations to Operation Walk. I never ran regularly before the Covid-19 pandemic and those 26.2 miles are going to hurt, but not as much as millions of people with joint disease hurt every day. Covid has curtailed the efforts of Operation Walk to help those people and when travel resumes, there will be more in need than ever.
If I can raise $2,620 by running for Operation Walk, all I need to do is persuade 10 people to do the same next year—and then for each of them to persuade another 10!
It’s been my privilege and pleasure to work with founders and participants from many of the amazing Operation Walk teams, including Dr. Dorr.”