Amy Palmiero-Winters at World’s Toughest Mudder
Amy’s One Step Ahead Foundation to be Featured in Parade Magazine
Amy’s One Step Ahead Foundation will be featured in PARADE Magazine this coming weekend! The Foundation will be part of Parade’s special feature on Giving during this holiday week. The following link will be live on Saturday at 5 AM:
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Aviva Drescher and the One Step Ahead Foundation Help Create Skin Prosthesis
Real Housewives of New York star and One Step Ahead Foundation spokesperson Aviva Drescher recently stopped by A Step Ahead Prosthetics in Hicksville, NY. The Foundation and A Step Ahead are collaborating to make a skin prosthesis for Heather Abbot from Boston.
L-R: Amy Palmiero-Winters, Heather Abbot, Erik Schaffer, Aviva Drescher
Jenny Hadfield’s Peace Marathon Raises $31,629.74 for the Foundation!
After the tragic Boston Marathon bombings this past April, runner/fitness expert/author Jenny Hadfield organized the Run for Peace Marathon to help raise money for the prosthetic care that some of the younger victims will need for the rest of their lives. This past week, Jenny donated the mind-boggling total of $31,629.74 to the One Step Ahead Foundation! These funds will be specifically used to help the children who lost limbs in the bombings. We can’t say thank you enough to Jenny and everyone else who participated in the Peace Marathon!
Jenny Hadfield with her training buddies Gayle (right) and Janine (left).
Girls on the Run – Evanston raised funds for the Peace Marathon and ran all 26.2 miles. Led by Coach Melissa Bullock.
Beth Nowak and her son Joe ran the Peace Marathon together.
Anamaria Nino-Murcia ran the Peace Marathon and is a wonderful active role model for her daughter, Martina.
Amy Palmiero-Winters to run Spartan Death Race for the One Step Ahead Foundation
300 OF THE BEST ENDURANCE ATHLETES TO ATTEMPT THE 2013 SPARTAN DEATH RACE
Only 300 Athletes Accepted to Attempt the World’s Most Challenging Endurance Race Through the Woods of Pittsfield, VT, on June 21-23, 2013
Length of the 48+ Hour Race and Unique Challenges Are Kept Secret from Competitors
PITTSFIELD, VT –- There are millions of running races, thousands of marathons, hundreds of triathlons and dozens of ultramarathons, but there is only one Spartan Death Race. Held annually since 2005 in the small town of Pittsfield, VT, the 2012 Death Race, scheduled for June 21-23, offers less than 300 competitors the chance to test their mental and physical prowess like no other event on earth. Last year the race concluded after 60 hours – the longest in hstory.
The 300 registered athletes currently training for the 2012 Death Race come from 34 states, plus Canada, Sweden and the U.K. The most popular states include: California (23), New York (22), Massachusetts (22), Pennsylvania (13), Florida, Ohio and Vermont (10).
The hurdle and challenge-driven race requires competitors to complete a series of grueling mental and physical challenges throughout a 40-mile course that runs through the Vermont woods. During the Death Race, competitors may be asked to chop wood for two hours, carry a 20-lb stump around for hours, build a fire, cut a bushel of onions, crawl through mud under barbed wire, or after 15-hours of racing, memorize the names of the first 10 U.S. Presidents or a Bible verse, hike to the top of a mountain and recite them back in order.
Unlike other endurance races that offer a detailed map, Death Racers have no idea what to expect next as the course map and list of challenges are kept secret. This provides competitors with one of their biggest challenges as the length of the race can range from 24-48 hours. For an endurance athlete, not knowing where the light is at the end of the tunnel can be sheer torture.
“We commend the brave athletes for taking on this challenge and taking the ultimate test,” said Joe Desena, Spartan Death Race founder. “We are creating a course that offers no mercy and breaks the will of at least 80% of the entrants. We have never had more than 20% of the participants complete the course. We don’t expect that to be challenged this year.”
For a taste of the Death Race, aspiring endurance athletes are encouraged to test their mettle at the Spartan Race Series. The 30-event series, developed by the creators of the Death Race, offers competitors three different obstacle race courses including: the Spartan Sprint (5K), Super Spartan (8 miles) and Spartan Beats (10+ miles). For a complete schedule visit www.spartanrace.com.
For more information on the Death Race, visit www.YouMayDie.com or www.Facebook.com/spartanrace.
One Step Ahead Donates Bike to Wounded Veteran
While the One Step Ahead Foundation’s mission is to help children with limb loss, a donor was so moved by the plight of Eitan, wounded Israeli army veteran, that they recently asked that their donation be used to purchase a bike for him. The One Step Ahead Foundation and Bob Harris of Bike Works in Greenvale, NY, were only too happy to oblige in providing a customized bicycle that Eitan can ride with his prosthetic leg.
Eitan (right) and Bob Harris of Bike Works
Amy runs for the Foundation
On May 6-7, Amy Palmiero-Winters, the founder of the One Step Ahead Foundation, took on the inaugural Badwater: Salton Sea 81-mile ultramarathon to raise awareness and funds for the Foundation. The entire race was uphill, with a total elevation gain of 9,000 feet from start to finish. In addition, about half of the race was on dirt, trails, or unpaved roads, adding to the challenge of running through constant wind and rain during the latter half. As part of a three-person team with fellow runners Russ Reinbolt, MD and Nathan Longcrier, Amy ran from Salton City to Palomar Mountain in California in 24:47.
Amy at the start of the race.
Amy and her teammates at the finish line.
Boston University Alumni and Alpha Epsilon Phi – BU Chapter Donation Page
This page is specifically for Boston University Alumni who want to make a donation towards helping children who suffered limb loss as a result of the Boston Marathon bombings. Thank you for your support!
The 2013 Peace Marathon – Please Read
None of us will ever understand why the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings happened, but we can run and walk forward – showing our support for those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings.
Runner, fitness expert, and author Jenny Hadfield has joined forces with the One Step Ahead Foundation to organize the the 2013 Peace Marathon (virtual). Click the link below to register and run, walk or waddle 26.2 miles in a day, a week or a month to raise funds for the One Step Ahead Foundation who are providing prosthetics, rehabilitation and support for the children affected by the Boston Marathon bombings.
Click here to learn more and register for the 2013 Peace Marathon!
STX sponsors the One Step Ahead Foundation by providing amazing bags for the children to carry their prosthetics in. Thank you for helping and supporting us!
The Dimension9 LLC is donating "YooDara" good luck charms for the foundation to sell. All of the profits go towards helping create more kids events!!!!!
One Step Ahead Foundation 