Tri for a Cure - Badasses from the Burg

Kelley Hodgman-Burns (center) along with her youngest daughter Lucy (right) and dear family friend, Mazy Karuzis, are scheduled to compete in the 15th annual Tri for a Cure on the SMCC campus in South Portland, Maine on Sunday, July 10. (COURTESY PHOTO)

FRYEBURG — Kelley Hodgman-Burns along with her youngest daughter Lucy and dear family friend Mazy Karuzis will compete in the 15th annual Tri for a Cure on the Southern Maine Community College campus in South Portland, Maine this Sunday, July 10. They will join more than 700 women — many of whom are breast cancer survivors — for the event.

Founded in 2008 by Julie Marchese and Abby Bliss, according to the Maine Cancer Foundation’s website, “the Tri for a Cure has become the largest triathlon in the state of Maine, providing a gorgeous race course along the shores of Cape Elizabeth and South Portland. This event consists of a USAT-sanctioned 1/3-mile swim, a 15-mile bike ride and a 3-mile run.

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