Jesús Hernández wanted to find a way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month while raising awareness and supporting expanded health and wellness initiatives for Buena Tierra Run Club, a nonprofit organization he co-founded more than three years ago.
The South Side resident decided that pushing himself to his physical limits in a unique and attention-grabbing manner was the answer.
Hernández, 31, ran the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon earlier this month pushing a fully loaded cart – at the start at least – filled with Mexican-style popsicles, known as paletas, donated by Paletería Yayo in Lincoln Village…