2 Jan 2012 - 01:00 AM to 11:59 PM
Your house, anywhere across Canada, 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
Join us – get fit – work that core – support MitoCanada!
The Plank to Plunk Down for MitoCanada Challenge is a core strength and fitness challenge for 30 days over January, 2012. Participants agree to complete 2 side planks and a front plank everyday for a minimum of 30 seconds each. You will donate .25 per plank completed to MitoCanada (.75/day or $22.50 for the entire Challenge).
What is a Plank? You can see a photo here of MitoCanada president Blaine Penny demonstrating a side plank:
To see how to do the exercises correctly, please view the following video clip on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfqmlN_nUhI&feature=youtu.be
This Challenge is an initiative of the Ottawa based Triathlon Training Buddies, a small Facebook group of triathlon friends who wanted to work on their core strength early this season. The organizer of the event is Brenda Ross, a seasoned triathlete and good friend of Julie Drury whose daughter Kate suffers from a rare form of mitochondrial disease. To learn more about Kate you can visit www.caringbridge.org/visit/katedrury
What is amazing about Kate is that she has gone 4 years without a diagnosis. Her diagnosis of mitochondrial disease is recent – though it was always suspected. Kate is one of nine children in the world with this form of mitochondrial disease. The type she has is yet to be defined and described in the medical literature. It has no know treatment and no known cure.
Mitochondrial disease affects 1 in 5000 people. It is not a rare disease, but it is very difficult to recognize and diagnose. It has no known treatment or cure. MitoCanada raises money to provide support to families living with mitochondrial disease, raises funds for research and raises awareness and knowledge about the disease among physicians and the public.
If you wish to sign up for the Plank to Plunk Down for MitoCanada, please sign up at this link: http://tinyurl.com/88fo5by
You can also join our Facebook Page: Plank to Plunk Down for MitoCanada.
Add your name to the list and each week put the total under the specific week. The document will add each week to the next and give you a total to donate. Details about how to submit your donation will follow later in the month.
