Walks & Runs

Join us for our fourth-annual race down American Fork Canyon! The American Fork Canyon Half Marathon and 5K is a race that celebrates the beauty of Utah's Mountain lands, while raising money to support local cancer patients. Registration opens October 1st, 2013 and race day is set for June 21, 2014. Sign up today to run one of the fastest and most beautiful courses in all of Utah while joining thousands in the fight against cancer. For more information visit: www.afcanyonhalf.com.

May 18th 2012 I finished treatment for stage 3 rectal cancer. May 18th 2013 I completed one of the hardest marathons in the world in 6 hours 40 minutes, over 5000 steps of it on the Great Wall of China. This part of my "recovery" journey started in a Cafe in Copenhagen just after the London Olympics, chatting with some friends about Lance Armstrong and my certainty that he had not taken performance enhancing drugs, I wanted to show them that anyone who had come through chemotherapy in one piece was capable of extra ordinary feats. Two of these friends Ole Wessung and Klaus Sletting Jensen, came with me to China and helped make this the most incredible experience of my life. Ole (an Iron Man, thats him in the yellow shirt at the start) was there to take care of me on the route and was practicing, firmans lifts in preparation for the race. As we set off up the hill on that first stretch of road, I felt so good I told him to leave me and run his own race, I would be fine. He came 56th and first in his age group, I was 411 over all, there were 80 behind me. Klaus was there as the official photographer and took these amazing pictures as he traveled around the course on a motorbike. Klaus gave me a little video camera which was not charged up, which I carried for 20 K, hence the picture of me threatening to throw it at him when we met on the road. It was an extremely emotional experience, I am not a weepy person normally, but when I saw Klaus on the last stair climb of the wall, I just lost it. He had my phone to take a few pictures to send home and I took the phone for the last five kilometers so I could show the girls as I entered the square and finished. What I had not expected was Ole and the Danish people waiting to cheer me in to the finish. This made it a very humbling, rather than the triumphalist experience I intended videoing and reminded me, how much I owe my wonderful friends and family for getting me through this and of course Penny Brohn Cancer Care who will help many more people live well with cancer in the future. Thanks to you all. If you want to read more about my experience of cancer http://www.rectalcancer.me/

A cancer patient wins a marathon while pushing his daughter in a stroller. Running a marathon is no easy feat. A 32-year-old Texas man, Iram Leon crossed the finish line, obtaining first place in a 26.2 mile marathon, while pushing a stroller holding his 6-year-old daughter. Even more amazing is the fact that Leon is battling brain cancer. It took him a little over 3 hours to complete the Gusher Marathon in Beaumont. Kiana is Leon's daughter and the reason why he runs the grueling races. He does not want to miss a minute with her, given the uncertainty of his future. Leon underwent surgery in 2011 to decrease the size of his tumor. He is not permitted to drive and sometimes gets sick while running the long marathons but nevertheless, he continues pushing. He states "When I crossed the line, I was screaming with joy. Kiana is not a good luck charm. She's why I keep going. Some of it's luck, but, with her, she's inspiration." Last year, a 71-year-old cancer patient completed 50 marathons in 50 states all the while battling his incurable disease. Don Wright, from Minnesota stated, "I like to think sometimes as I'm running along that I'm just sticking it right in the cancer's eye

A California woman is running 26.2 miles every weekend to help cure a deadly disease. Femi Redwood has more on what inspired this journey. For more stories everyone is talking about check out Buzzing, located at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0FA137E39DA90CEF. Buzz60 is designed for the way we live now. Short, quirky video snacks that are a little sassy, and always smart. Buzz 60 -- and the Buzz60 channel on YouTube - produces all kinds of newsy video clips for web viewers who want more than just repurposed content. Our team is a diverse group of video journalists with dozens of Emmy awards, an authentic sense of humor, and a mandate to connect with viewers every day. Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/buzz60 Like us Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/buzz60 Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Buzz60 Pin with us on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/buzz60/

Nathan likes to run marathons, 26.2 miles of grueling fun. After months of training, and within days of the start of another marathon, Nathan was diagnosed with lymphoma. His priorities switch from completing an endurance running race to beating cancer, but he was able to use his training from competing in marathons to his advantage in fighting cancer.

There was a last-minute entry in Sunday's Maryland Half Marathon to benefit the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center -- a 3-year-old goldendoodle named Dozer, who escaped through an invisible fence in his yard to join the more than 2,000 people running by his house, which was near mile 5 of the race.

Runners reported seeing the dog at several points along the way, and he crossed the finish line with other runners at 2 hours and 14 minutes. Dozer's owner didn't know what had happened to him and was frantically looking for him until he returned home Monday morning. He had muddy feet and was limping.

After a quick trip to the vet, Dozer is fine, his owner reports, but he won't be running any half-marathons any time soon. This week, the race co-chairmen, Michael Greenebaum and Jon Sevel, gave Dozer a medal -- and some dog treats.

Dozer even has his own runner's page, where people can donate to raise money for cancer research at the Greenebaum Cancer Center.

Related Links:

Dozer's Fundraising Page
http://www.ummsfoundation.org/dozer

Dozer's Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/dozerthedogfanpage

University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
http://www.umgcc.org/

Maryland Half Marathon
http://www.mdhalfmarathon.com/Page.aspx?pid=418