On January 22, 2023, Alison Baker’s entire life changed in an instant, when her husband, Jason, died suddenly from a massive heart attack. While in Dallas, Texas for their 14-year-old daughter, Gina’s, cheerleading competition, Alison and Jason (Jay), went to a local sports bar to watch the Buffalo Bills playoff game with friends. During the
Today, my family and I are celebrating our son, Liam’s, 2nd birthday! And, in 3 days, I will be running the Boston Marathon in Liam’s honor as my stroke hero. In February of 2022, we took Liam to urgent care for what we now know to have been infantile spasms. We were sent away
I have lived in Kennebunk, Maine since 2005 with my husband and family that now consists of two daughters ages 19 and 14, one son aged five, two dogs, a cat and even a horse. We moved here from northern Vermont to live on the seacoast. I am a mother/wife, classroom teacher, yoga teacher and
“I dare you to train for a marathon, and not have it change your life.” – Susan Sidoriak Those words perfectly sum up my experience as I trained for the Boston Marathon with Tedy’s Team. When I first stumbled upon Tedy’s Team I was immediately drawn to its mission. Helping raise awareness of the signs
In 2018, when my younger sister, Emily, was just 18 years old and a freshman in college, she suffered a stroke. She was sitting in her chemistry lecture at the University of New Hampshire and started to feel a little bit off. She excused herself from class to take a moment to collect herself when
I lost my dad, Bill Trask, suddenly in 2006 at age 51. My dad had an irregular heartbeat, also known as arrhythmia. He didn’t tell our family about it likely because he didn’t want us all to worry. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to say good-bye to my dad, but he is watching over me every
Last month, Tedy’s Team celebrated their 1-year anniversary as an official 501(c)3 charity in Massachusetts and welcomed 49 runners to their 2020 Boston Marathon® team! #WeSurviveWeRun
Last month, our team of 49 runners tackled the Boston Marathon – or as we like to call it – the Super Bowl of Marathons. We are incredibly proud of this team and have appreciated all of the support we have received throughout our journey to Boston this year.
The team of 48 runners, many of whom are stroke or heart survivors, or caregivers, had the opportunity to meet teammates and share their stories at our kick-off event in Quincy.