Episode 123: "What if it was your dad?"
About this episode
Mathieu Chatelain shares his personal journey and mission to run 100 kilometres to raise funds for healthcare in Ottawa.
In this episode, Rockland's Mathieu Chatelain shares the extraordinary story behind his mission to run 100 kilometres in 12 hours and raise $100,000 for The Campaign to Create Tomorrow. What begins as a conversation about an ultramarathon quickly becomes a deeply personal journey — from the childhood moment when The Ottawa Hospital saved his father's life, to the emotional discovery that the surgeon who operated on his dad decades ago was sitting beside Mathieu at an Ottawa Hospital Foundation event. Mathieu tells us why he's pushing himself beyond his limits: to inspire generosity, strengthen the future of healthcare in Ottawa, and help bring more parents back to their families.
People in this episode
Guest: Mathieu Chatelain
Topics covered
- ultramarathon
- fundraising
- healthcare
- personal journey
- inspiration
Keywords
- ultramarathon
- fundraising
- healthcare
- The Ottawa Hospital
- inspiration
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Ottawa Hospital, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
More episodes of Pulse: The Ottawa Hospital Foundation Podcast
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- Episode 121: Mind, body, and the break that changed everything
- Episode 120: It's not 'if' — it's 'when'
- Episode 119: "We can't stand for this anymore."
- Episode 118: Ted Wagstaff's "Toughest Mudder": Inside the race to treat a rare form of lymphoma
- Episode 117: A conversation with Shelley McLean
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