VICTORIA After running 30 marathons in 30 days, Yana Hempler crossed the finish line for the last time on Sunday completely composed and hardly out of breath. “I would be dragging my butt,” said running mate Sean Mitchell. “This was her fastest of the 30, so it’s pretty amazing” Hempler took on the challenge with an ambitious goal of raising $500,000 for the Victoria Hospitals Foundation. By the time she crossed the finish line Sunday, she had raised about $100,000. “COVID has placed a stress on our system, as you can imagine, and there’s a lot of needs, and Yana is going to help us meet those needs for Island Health,” said Victoria Hospitals Foundation executive director Avery Brohman.
“It really amped me up and it was absolutely fantastic,” said Hempler. Hempler completed 30 marathons 26.2 miles or 42 kilometres each day only taking walk breaks at about the halfway mark for water and nutrition supplements. Most of her routes included laps of the Galloping Goose and Lochside Trail. One loop from Tillicum Road to Saanich Road, for instance, is four kilometres and a marathon is just over 10 laps. On Sunday, Hempler, who works in supply chain for Viking Air, said she was teeming with energy but recalled how on Day 4, with 26 marathons or about 1,092 kilometres to go, she was stiff and sore and moving on all fours to ascend and descend stairs at her home.
VANCOUVER After running more than 1,200 kilometres on the Galloping Goose Trail so far this May, a Victoria marathoner has almost completed her goal of running 30 marathons in 30 days; but her fundraising goal still has some distance to go. Yana Hempler was running with two friends by her side Friday on her 28th marathon day and said she was feeling awesome. The marathoner is attempting to raise $500,000 for the Victoria Hospitals Foundation and – in her way – honour those she calls our health-care heroes. It was those heroes that provided care for a dear friend of Hempler’s back in 2019. He was critically ill, suffering from a rare blood condition. Today, he is alive and doing well thanks to the care he received while in hospital.
VICTORIA Victoria marathon runner Yana Hempler began a quest on May 1 to run 30 marathons in 30 days to raise $500,000 for the Victoria Hospitals Foundation. Hempler is raising money for the foundation as a way of saying thank you for the care hospitals provided a critically ill friend in 2019. She says her friend was suffering from a rare blood illness and thanks to the care he received he is alive and well today. “The marathon is a great way to honour the people that helped to save his life,” said Hempler. “It is also a way to say thank you to the people who save many, many lives on a daily basis.”
One woman s frustrating, futile fight for justice after being sexually harassed
Liz LeClair, who has spent her career raising money for non-profit foundations and organizations, says she was harassed by a wealthy donor. She tried to make her harasser accountable. But everywhere she turned, she says, the systems failed her.
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Fundraiser Liz LeClair says she was harassed by a wealthy donor. A daunting quest for accountability followed
Posted: May 12, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 12
Liz LeClair says there are systemic barriers to justice for victims of sexual harassment.(Robert Short/CBC)
He commented on her breasts, her legs and her clothing.