Last week we highlighted Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall’s fundraising page for World Vision on the Team Firstgiving Blog. (By the way, Hall finished 10th in Beijing, helping the U.S. team to its best finish in 32 years).

At Firstgiving, we know that endurance sports events have extraordinary power to inspire, especially when athletes are also fundraising for great causes. Ryan’s racing and fundraising have recently inspired a group of Chicago marathoners to join Hall as part of Team World Vision.

One of these athletes is Carol Dakai. After an injury which left her unable to compete in Boston earlier this year, Carol is back on track to run through the windy city on October 12, her fourth marathon. She’s set up a fundraising page for Team World Vision, and donations to her page will fund a clean water project in Zambia.

Go Carol! Kudos for carrying the torch of inspiration!