Ep 5 Elite Runner Gabriele Grunewald Battles a Rare Cancer One Mile At a Time - a podcast by Kelcey Carlson

We continue our series on "Overcomers" and this one will grab your heart.  

 

When I talk to Gabriele Grunewald, she elicits this image in my head of Wonder Woman pushing back on the forces of evil.  At 32, she's been battling cancer for 9 long years.   

 

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma is a rare cancer and she is facing an incurable diagnosis and hoping for an experimental treatment that will help.  But through all of that, she has become a wife, the 2014 US Indoor Track Champion in the 3000m and she has kept her Olympic dreams alive.  She is a runner at her core and she continues to train and to push forward with incredible might.  And, oh by the way, she is incredibly kind, funny and genuine.   In this episode we talk about her cancer, how running is part of her treatment and how a random meeting with Chip Gaines ended with the HGTV star running a marathon.

 

You can follow Gabe on Instagram @gigrunewald and Twitter @gg_runs and you can check out the documentary Brooks put together on her journey here: