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Kidney donor athlete Matt Cavanaugh is gearing up for the final marathon of the 1K12M (One Kidney, 12 Marathons) challenge, the Honolulu Marathon on December 10, 2023. 1K12M is a full-year challenge sponsored by the National Kidney Registry, in which Cavanaugh and fellow living kidney donor Hilary Baude will participate in 12 marathons throughout 2023 …

If you are a living donor athlete or a professional who works at a transplant center with dreams of competing in a major athletic event in 2024, the National Kidney Registry is excited to announce an opportunity for financial sponsorship through the Donor Games initiative. The Donor Games is dedicated to promoting the importance of …

Kidney donor athletes Matt Cavanaugh and Hilary Baude, after successfully completing the first marathon of their 1K12M (One Kidney, 12 Marathons) challenge, are gearing up for the next marathon on the list, the Los Angeles Marathon on March 19. 1K12M is a full-year challenge sponsored by the National Kidney Registry, in which Matt and Hilary …

The National Kidney Registry is excited to announce 1K12M (One Kidney, 12 Marathons)—a full-year challenge in which NKR-sponsored kidney donor athletes Matt Cavanaugh and Hilary Baude will participate in 12 marathons throughout 2023 all across the United States. 1K12M is Matt Cavanaugh’s latest attempt to shatter the misperception that kidney donation imposes physical limits on …

The National Kidney Registry is excited to announce its latest sponsored event: an attempt by a team of living kidney donors to set a new world record and shatter the misperception that kidney donation imposes physical limits on donors. In May 2023, three mountaineers assisted by two support crew will attempt to break the current …

The National Kidney Registry is thrilled to announce its latest kidney donor athlete sponsorship: Steve Wilson, a living kidney donor who will be competing in the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, October 6-8, 2022. Steve donated a kidney through the National Kidney Registry’s Family Voucher Program in February 2020 after seeing a Facebook post …

Matt Cavanaugh, an active duty US Army Strategist and living kidney donor, has completed the Georgia 2022 Race—the second race in the Racing the Planet 4 Deserts Ultramarathon Series, a series of four races covered approximately 1,000 kilometers. Georgia 2022, a Special Edition of the Racing the Planet Ultramarathon, was held in the southwestern corner …

Donor Games sponsored athlete David Ashley successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest in the early hours of Friday, May 13, 2022, the final peak in his 1 Kidney 7 Summits challenge. Dave started the 7 Summits challenge in June 2021 with a successful summit of Denali in Alaska, and through the remainder of 2021 …

Matt Cavanaugh, an active duty US Army Strategist and living kidney donor, has completed the Namib Race—the first race in the Racing the Planet 4 Deserts Ultramarathon Series, a series of four races covered approximately 1,000 kilometers. Matt completed the Namib Race on May 7, coming in fourth out of 33 people who finished all …

On May 9, 2022, Dave Ashley, a living kidney donor athlete sponsored by the National Kidney Registry, will leave Mount Everest Base Camp for the final summit push. If all goes according to plan, Dave and his team will reach the 29,032-foot peak of Mount Everest in the early morning hours of May 13. Dave’s …