We want to emphasize that our goal is for everyone to walk, or stay active, as many days of the week as possible, preferably with family & friends – this makes it so much easier (and harder to miss).

Marathon Kick-Off

Watching you all dominate the 5K this weekend still has our hearts full.  It was arguably our greatest day.  Thank you to Fat Rabbit Racing and Stacy Walters for making us a part of your weekend. 

Upcoming Plans –The walk this Saturday will be lead by 3 wonderful residents of Riverside – Drs. Kim Fong, Joddi Neff, and Carrie Peltz.  This weekend I am grateful to be a delegate in the Livestrong Summit – a biannual event put on by the Lance Armstrong Foundation – Columbus is honored to be the host city this year.  The following 2 Saturdays will be led by Dr. Jerry Wilson, a brilliant professor of pharmacology, we are honored to have as a large part of our program. 

August 30^th we are excited to have Dr. Jackie Buell, director of OSU Sports Nutrition return for a walk.  Jackie brought the house down with her presentation last year.  We are quite happy to have her return.

In September, we will have a unique field trip for the walk.  Our friends Steve and Maria Glimcher have offered to host at their beautiful alpaca farm about 10 miles east of New Albany – it is a little further drive for most, but you would not believe how great this place is.  Thank you Steve and Maria – this is an extraordinary opportunity.

We have been contacted by a wonderful critical care nurse in Pomona CA and there is potential for an on-site OSU/USC Walk with a Doc, the weekend of September 13^th.

Dr. Jerry Wilson – Has done a fantastic job of adding the walk.  Dr.Wilson fills in regularly at Highbanks and has his own Walk with a Doc at Sharon Woods Metro Park on Sunday mornings at 8:00 am.  Thank you Jerry for your dedication to fitness.

Our third additional site? 

We have a bright, aggressive 4^th year medical student that impressed me during his rotation.  He lives in Dublin and is in the process of starting up a walk in the Emerald City – please contact me with your thoughts on location and time.  Certainly more to come.  This could be really, really good.

JPM Chase - I loved my visit to JPMC.  I met some great people that we are excited to see at the walk regularly.  I am excited to lead an on-site walk on October 14th at their campus. The place is cool!  Thank you to Patti, Nancy, and all the beautiful people at Chase for making this happen.

Honda - I'm honored to go discuss Walk with a Doc with the impressive medical team at Honda next month. 

Step by Step - This unique initiative is something Walk with a Doc is proud to be a part of.  Please check the Columbus Marathon website.

Media - We have been so fortunate to have all the press this month.  If you are so inclined in learning more about our program, please see: 

Columbus Business First – Health Care Heroes supplement from 7.18.  There phone # is 461-4040.