{"id":60897,"date":"2013-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-grad-student-to-run-boston-marathon-in-support-of-boston-childrens-hospital\/"},"modified":"2013-03-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T00:00:00","slug":"uri-grad-student-to-run-boston-marathon-in-support-of-boston-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/uri-grad-student-to-run-boston-marathon-in-support-of-boston-childrens-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 grad student to run Boston Marathon in support of Boston Children\u2019s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 14, 2013 \u2013 Shannon Long, an MBA student at the 溏心vlog免费B站, will run the Boston Marathon next month as part of the Miles for Miracles team, which runs road races to raise money for Boston Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n


\n\tA resident of Newport who grew up in Dartmouth, Mass., Long qualified to run the race after completing her first marathon in 2011 in a time of 3 hours, 27 minutes. This year\u2019s Boston Marathon takes place on April 15.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAs a runner, there is no greater joy than being able to do what you love while helping others,\u201d said Long, a track star in high school who returned to running after earning her bachelor\u2019s degree in business from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2011. \u201cI\u2019m running this marathon so that children at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital will be able to experience all that this world has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tMiles for Miracles team members raise funds to support patient care, medical research and community health programs at the hospital. Long is nearly halfway to her $1,000 fundraising goal with a month left before the race. The program has raised more than $15 million for Children\u2019s Hospital since 1996.<\/p>\n


\n\tLong will soon be partnered with a patient at the hospital who she will meet shortly before the race.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWhen you meet your partner and hear their story \u2013 usually it\u2019s a child with cancer or some other serious disease \u2013 it gives you so much extra motivation to raise money and run well,\u201d Long said. \u201cThe money I raise will go toward helping kids get the best care in New England.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tTo prepare for the Boston Marathon, Long has been running 6 miles per day and one or two longer runs of 10-15 miles every week.<\/p>\n


\n\tLong said that running is something that she has gotten \u201ca little addicted to,\u201d and after the marathon she might consider entering a triathlon or an ultramarathon. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how I do next month before deciding on the next step,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn between her workouts, Long works part time at CVS Pharmacy in Newport and looks forward to completing her MBA coursework this spring. She then hopes to enroll in the 溏心vlog免费B站 pharmacy program.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI figured that an MBA and a doctor of pharmacy degree are a great combination,\u201d Long said. \u201cI\u2019ve been a pharmacy technician for two years already, and that got me interested in getting a pharmacy degree. With the two degrees I could be a pharmacy manager, work at a hospital or in managed care. There are so many things I could do.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI always wanted to be involved in the medical field,\u201d she added, \u201cbut at first I felt it was out of reach. Now I know I can handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tTo support Long in her fundraising effort, visit www.childrenshospital.org\/bostonmarathon, click \u201cdonate\u201d and input her name.<\/p>\n


\nPhoto provided by Shannon Long<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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