Life after leukemia.

My first Ottawa race Weekend, full 42.2 marathon.

Canadian Running Magazine Interview below.

2005 World Transplant Games. Me and my mid-life crisis bike .

2019 Ottawa Race weekend finish.

2019 Toronto Waterfront Marathon race walk. 2nd place overhaul. 1st place in age group 65-69.

2022 Ottawa Race weekend. Collapse at the 10-km finish. Thought it was another blood clot problem.

2024. Cornwall. Crashed my walker. Another total collapse. Not a stroke.

2025. Ottawa Race weekend. Leah, my daughter did the racing for me.

May 5th, two weeks before event I spent the day in emergency with what I thought was a stroke, Five months later I was diagnosed with early stage Parkinson's.

2026. Walker Racing with Parkinson’s — The Plan Going Forward.

It’s been 3 months since my Parkinson’s diagnosis, 2 years since colon cancer, 10 years since cancerous kidney tumours, 12 years since a blood clot on my intestine, 16 years since a total hip replacement, and 28 years since my bone marrow transplant for leukaemia .

It’s also been 10 years since my first full 42.2-km marathon racing a walker, 11 years since winning the Toronto Waterfront Marathon race walk (2018 & 2019), and the year I completed my one and only 100-km ultra marathon. Not forgetting my jiu-jitsu black belt in 1997 with leukaemia and, since 2001. 35,000 km of bicycle racing. The journey has reshaped how I move forward

2026. Life with Parkinson’s No more marathons. A new era. Learning to walk again.

May 24th. Ottawa Race Weekend. Run for a Reason. Two kilometres only, for now. Goal is to complete the task

I am raising funds for PIPR - Partners Investing in Parkinson's Research

Training is both indoors when needed, outdoors when weather allows, always mindful of extremes. Parkinson’s changes the rules — it doesn’t end the game. .Walker racing continues. Adjusted. Focused. Still moving forward.

My summer training route 25-km from my door to the next village and back, included bathroom stop and 36 meters of climbing.

Present winter training

Tim Horton’s Dome. Alexandria. Twice a week. Normally Monday and Friday. Max 4-km

Daily stretching and cardio, includes 30 push ups, Squats and balance exercises.

Staying alive. Acupuncture and physiotherapy.

2024 My custom design, no more crashes, racing Walker. Crashes were a part of my walker racing. The problems. Small wheels on big roads, potholes, and steep sidewalks. In 2024 Trionic designed and built a stable racing walker that keeps me upright and jumps over sidewalks. Now it’s about adapting and continuing — even with Parkinson’s.

Brag

2023. Three months after colon cancer surgery won a 10-km race walk by 8 minutes and 43 years

Photos courtesy of Canadian Running magazine. World Transplant Games. Marathon photos. Jeff Poissant and Ottawa Hospital