PH Patient is Only Person to Complete All Four Midwest O2 breathe Quarter Marathons

Braving driving rain and unseasonably cold weather, Mark Deprez was one of more than 125 attendees who helped support PHA and the PHA Midwest Chapter at the Second Annual Indy O2 breathe Quarter Marathon, 5K & Fun Walk this past Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Mark, a patient diagnosed with PH more than 20 years ago by Dr. Stuart Rich, was the only person at the event who had also completed the other three Quarter Marathons in this series.

Mark Deprez crosses the finish line at Second Annual
Indy O2 breathe Quarter Marathon, with his wife Cheryl by his side.

Mark grew up in the Indianapolis area and now resides outside Detroit where he both works as an employee and is treated at Beaumont Health. Thanks to Mark and his fellow attendees, Saturday’s Quarter Marathon raised well over $21,000 for the PH case. The other Quarter Marathons in the series took place in Milwaukee, Wis.; Detroit, Mich.; and Chicago, Ill., over the past few months. Mark had the support of his team, "Mark's PHighters for PHA,” cheering him on at each event.