Posted on 06/13/2019 5:53:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
From a bed at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis on May 4, Gabriele Grunewald posted a photo of herself on Instagram asking for some “brave vibes” as she fought an infection, which forced her to miss her own “Brave Like Gabe” 5K to raise money for rare cancer research.
“It’s not lost on me that maybe this is one of the most poignant ways to show just how critical research is,” she wrote. “Cancer is nothing if not incredibly inconvenient and we need more options.”
Just five weeks later—10 years after she was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), a rare cancer—Grunewald, 32, died on June 11, in Minneapolis.
She was one of the country’s most talented and beloved middle-distance track stars, an advocate for people around the world living with cancer, and a budding leader of her own nonprofit organization, Brave Like Gabe.
“At the end of the day people won’t remember the PRs run or the teams qualified for,” Grunewald’s husband, Justin Grunewald, wrote on June 9 in a letter to his wife on Instagram, “but they will remember that hard period in their life where they were losing hope but they found inspiration in a young lady who refuses to give up.”
Grunewald persevered in the past several weeks despite increasing health complications, which grew in severity over the course of 2019. During a phone interview in early April, Grunewald, who was the 2014 national champion in the indoor 3,000 meters, still held hope that she could compete next summer at the 2020 Olympic Trials. It was a goal, she said, that kept her moving despite her ongoing health challenges.
(Excerpt) Read more at runnersworld.com ...
Also: Chip Gaines Matches Donations for St. Jude, Brave Like Gabe Foundation (6/12/19)
Words fail me.
How many gazillions do we spend on every crap program under the sun other than cancer research.
The fix may be with fenbendazole, a common deworming drug used on canines that have had incredible results in eradicating those with stage 4 cancer. Look up Joe Tippens. Not making a dime off this discovery. Used this to beat his stage 4 cancer years ago, cancer free to this day a. This is his story https://www.mycancerstory.rocks/single-post/2016/08/22/Shake-up-your-life-how-to-change-your-own-perspective
What an inspiring young woman of faith. She literally ran the race of life to her last breath. Thanks for posting
Faith in "brave vibes"?
Runner’s World is not a healthy runner’s world.
Healthy runners do not ruin their body with brutal long distance running.
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