Nicola “Nike” Beddow, one of the founders of the Race for Hope. As reported in The Washington Post on 11/6/05, “At age 26, Dana Daczkowski was told she had a brain tumor. Four years later, the tumor in remission, Daczkowski, an Alexandria native and runner, started with her family and friends what is now the Cassidy & Pinkard Race for Hope to benefit the Brain Tumor Society. The inaugural race was in April 1998, but Daczkowski's tumor reappeared and she attended the first race in a wheelchair. She died two months later.” Nike has love and passion for her sister and this cause that does not quit. Plus, she is a hell of a runner! I saw her whiz towards the finish line and she was haulin’.
