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.
Triathlons and Parkinson's
After watching my son, Jake, complete Ironman Lake Placid in 2019...
Met My Goal of Completing Four Half Ironman Races in 2025
In the final days of 2024, my struggle with the right foot dragging led to a missed step coming down the gym stairs, and on January 3rd had surgery for a displaced fracture of the navicular, anterior process of calcaneus, and cuboid. Long, difficult rehab, but I was able to strength train, bike in my boot, and by early May was swimming and running. Managed to meet my goal of four half Ironman races, Patriot in June, Musselman in upstate NY in July, Augusta, Maine in July, and Augusta, Georgia in September.
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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
Triathlon Training 2024
2024 brought new fractures, training in California with Aaron, completing the Patriot, Augusta Maine, and Haines City 70.3 with my brother and Jeff.
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!
Triathlon Training 2023
Many challenges this year...displaced fracture of my distal clavicle followed by a displaced rib fracture four weeks later (trying to run with the broken clavicle), and just as I thought I was leaving 2023 behind me, 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 Lake Placid training camp and do two 70.3 half ironman races!
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.
