Glencoe Man To Run 19 Miles 2 Months After Appendectomy

A Glencoe man plans to continue his yearly tradition of walking home from work - 19 miles from his work office in downtown Chicago - for one day to help support JDRF through “Commute for a Cure” despite having his appendix removed earlier this year.

Tom Seftenberg created the “Commute for a Cure” idea in 2011, and has commuted home one day a year since, often running much of the way - according to the Glencoe News.

Seftenberg was rushed into surgery shortly after returning from an overseas trip in July for an emergency appendectomy. But on September 11 this year, he plans to continue the tradition and even try to run the entire way.

“If I had had the appendectomy two weeks ago, I might have rescheduled or just walked, but it has been a long enough time that I feel I have fully recovered,” he said.

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