Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run
David April Beer Runners
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I first participated in DNation in 2010 through the Philly Tri. Over the years I served as Co-Chair of the DetermiNation Philadelphia Committee and had the chance to meet incredible people. In 2023, I lost two of those people. First, my friend I met training for my first triathlon, Isabella De La Houssaye. She bravely battled Stage 4 lung cancer for year and managed to complete multiple Ironman events during that time, including the Ironman World Championships of which I was in-person to support. Only a few days after she passed, I learned about the loss of David April. Over the years I was able to support him during his races for DNation and late this summer I just happened to be on a plane sitting next to him from Madrid to Philadelphia - which was canceled and rescheduled, allowing us to have a wonderful dinner together with his loving wife. The next morning I fought back tears on my run in Retiro park, knowing we should be running together and fearful it would be the last time I saw him...and it was. The two strongest fighters I know are now gone, and it's cancer that took them, and so it's time to fight back, again. So to the man who brought us, "To the professor!" I say, "To David!"
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I first participated in DNation in 2010 through the Philly Tri. Over the years I served as Co-Chair of the DetermiNation Philadelphia Committee and had the chance to meet incredible people.
In 2023, I lost two of those people. First, my friend I met training for my first triathlon, Isabella De La Houssaye. She bravely battled Stage 4 lung cancer for year and managed to complete multiple Ironman events during that time, including the Ironman World Championships of which I was in-person to support.
Only a few days after she passed, I learned about the loss of David April. Over the years I was able to support him during his races for DNation and late this summer I just happened to be on a plane sitting next to him from Madrid to Philadelphia - which was canceled and rescheduled, allowing us to have a wonderful dinner together with his loving wife.
The next morning I fought back tears on my run in Retiro park, knowing we should be running together and fearful it would be the last time I saw him...and it was.
The two strongest fighters I know are now gone, and it's cancer that took them, and so it's time to fight back, again.
So to the man who brought us, "To the professor!" I say, "To David!"
