ABOUT SUE
More About Sue
This page is my personal bulletin board. A place to share who I am, what I care about, what I am doing, and who I am doing it with.
2025 Snapshots
The year started with emergency surgery for displaced fractures of the navicular, anterior process of calcaneus, and cuboid that happened in the final days of 2024. Long, difficult rehab, but I kept up strength and balance work and biked in my boot through the initial months, and by early May was swimming and running. Managed to meet my goal of four 70.3 half-ironman distance races! One for each year since my diagnosis. Patriot in Freetown (June 2025), Musselman Ironman 70.3 in Geneva, NY (July 2025), Maine 70.3 (July 2025), and Augusta 70.3 in Georgia (Sept. 2025).
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Training through a broken foot in January!
Samantha, Soroya, and I in Augusta, ME
Sam and I line up at the back of the pack!
Early morning set-up at Musselman
Crossing the finish line
Aaron taking a break from the medical tent
2024 Snapshots
The first few weeks of the year I was still recovering from an orbital floor fracture, but back up to my normal training load by February. I went to Northern California with Aaron to train in March and trained with the team in Lake Placid in June. Despite struggling all year with PD meds and worsening symptoms, completed three 70.3 half-ironman distance races! Patriot in Freetown (June 2024), Maine 70.3 (July 2024), and Haines City 70.3 in Florida (Dec 2024). Was ready for Augusta 70.3 in Georgia (Sept. 2024) but hit with hurricane. Bike didn’t get home for 7 weeks! Highlight of the year - 2nd place in the Newton Turkey Trot! Almost made it through 2024 without a major fracture….until Dec 30th.
Training early season with Aaron in California
Kate and I headed to transition at Patriot
George and I at the finish line in Augusta ME
Training with Nick and BJ!
Haines City 70.3 crazy "M" swim at 64 degrees!
Haines City 70.3 with Jeffrey and Larry!
2023 Snapshots
This was a tough year for me in terms of injuries with a displaced fracture of my distal clavicle followed by a displaced rib fracture four weeks later (trying to run with the broken clavicle), and in the final days of the year, a blowout orbital fracture. So grateful to my coach, Jeffrey Capobianco, and athletic trainer, B.J. Baker, for sticking by me. Was fortunate to have the support of Aaron, family and friends, and a great medical team....and managed to get to training camp with the team in Lake Placid (although Jeff drove me down the Keene descent). Disappointed to have to pull out of Lake Placid, with incredible joy I was able to complete two “Augusta 70.3” races! Maine 70.3 in Augusta, Maine (July 2023), and Augusta 70.3 in Augusta, Georgia (Sept. 2025).
Week 1....Basement rides in the double sling
Week 2....Back to hauling the sled!
Shout out to my trainer B.J. Baker!
Getting ready!
At the bike transition
Crossed the finish line!
Ironman Lake Placid 2022
Swim start....here we go!
Halfway point to 112 miles!
Now I have to run a marathon?!
Jeffrey and Samantha at the finish!
My biggest supporter....
Unbelievable moment for me...
Nonprofit Work
For more than ten years I have served as the board chair of the Human Outreach Project (HOP), working with its founder and my good friend Dean Cardinale. HOP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit conceived on the premise that trekkers could – and should – give back to the communities in which they travel. HOP works in areas surrounding World Wide Trekking expedition sites in remote areas of Tanzania, Nepal and Peru. With a particular focus on youth, we partner with communities to identify local needs and co-create sustainable solutions to improve health and education.
Dean Cardinale (President), Ray Massae and I review plans with Abel, our local construction engineer.
Ray Massae (Operations Manager for Tanzania) and I discuss repairs needed for the vehicle used to transport kids to school.
Piloting exercises that combine design thinking with geometry with the kids and correlating observations with school performance.
Working on developing interactive bilingual reading exercises with the kids - they provided lots of great feedback on prototypes!
The Path
A glimpse into the early development of a concept documentary. This short clip produced by Jake Waxman subtly reveals the role and influence of Tae Kwon Do in my life. The informal clip was designed as a prototype of how one could design media that exposes intimate vulnerabilities while preserving a sense of privacy.
