Diana Sanguinetti enjoys spending summers in Wisconsin at her family's seasonal campground in Edgerton, kayaking,and Disney trips with her husband and kids. Her son is 17 and her daughters are 5 and 14.
Because of her love for Disney, she signed up for an Inaugural Half at Disney 10/10. She trained to walk it as she is "not a runner." Despite waiting to the last minute to train, she still finished in just under 3 hours! She completed another Disney half using walk/run and finished in 2:33 this past January! Diana completed another half marathon in Wisconsin as a training run for Napa to Sonoma, her first Team Challenge season. She has four half marathons under her belt and just started running in November 2010!
Her next race is Disney's Wine & Dine Half Marathon in October, and then, of course, Rock & Roll Las Vegas with Team Challenge! She also signed up for the Disney Princess with Team Challenge Alumni in Feb of 2012, putting her one step closer to a goal of the Half Marathons by the end of 2012!
Team Challenge is a perfect fit for Diana. She runs and fundraises for her 14 year old daughter as my daughter who was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in July 2010.
Diana's daughter Courtney was diagnosed at 13. The diagnosis changed her family's life, her own life and her future. But Diana says, "By being involved in Team Challenge, it also changed our lives and by being involved, hopefully helping the outlook on her future. We're raising money and awareness so that one day there is a cure as she becomes an adult. To have witnessed her pain and issues with her disease, I can train and ask people for money, and fundraise. I have the easy task. Managing her Crohn's and doctor appointments is a way of life now... a part of our everyday life... and now so is Team Challenge."
Courtney has also been able to attend and enjoy CCFA's Camp Oasis in Wisconsin for the past 2 years. It is a wonderful program for kids with IBD. Through Camp Oasis, she has made friends and actually met and bunked with a counselor who was also on Team Challenge WI in Napa!
Diana says she's looking forward to this season and being a Mentor. "Having experienced the Napa event with the team and coaches, I'm looking forward to Vegas. While Crohns has become a part of our lives, so has Team Challenge!"
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