Lack of Eyesight Doesn’t Hold Back Local Runner

From the Glastonbury Citizen: May 10, 2019(article with photo archived below) Susanne Cesana is more than just “visually impaired.” She is, she says bluntly, “Blind.” But that’s not stopping the 65-year-old Glastonbury resident from taking part in this Saturday’s Bill Landers Building Bridges Memorial 5K Run/Walk. With the help of a volunteer athlete from Achilles […]

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Meet Three-time Survivor and Achilles Athlete, Gail Bruno

Milford resident won’t let her new disabilities define her Achilles Connecticut athlete Gail Bruno has earned the title “Survivor” – several times over. As a 20-something, Gail sustained a head-and-neck injury in the workplace. Recovery involved nine months of therapy. Flash forward to September 11, 2001. Gail had recently arrived to her workplace. The Twin […]

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Achilles Member/Author Colleen Kelly Alexander Shares Her Story of ‘Gratitude’

Connecticut athlete who defied odds to speak at July Achilles Connecticut events On race courses, Colleen Kelly Alexander prefers to blend in with the other athletes who are giving it their all. Her backstory is an extraordinary one – an athlete who, by all logic, should have died in a horrific accident on a road […]

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