Fred’s Team Runners Turn Marathon Miles Into Impact for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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In this episode, we continue to spotlight runners who put purpose behind their miles and the organizations that make up the more than 670 Official Charity Partners of the TCS New York City Marathon. Rob and Becs sit down with four members of Fred’s Team—Hope Guzzle, Caroline Stevens, Mike Kloepfer, and NYRR Team Inspire member Sheena Lawrick—as they share stories of what’s inspiring them to run 26.2 miles on November 1 to raise funds for cancer research. Fred’s Team, the official running program of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), was the first Official Charity Partner of the New York City Marathon and takes its name from New York Road Runners’ own Fred Lebow, who was treated for brain cancer at MSK in 1991. Fred’s Team was founded in 1995 following Fred’s death from brain cancer the year before. Since then, Fred's Team runners have raised $139 million.

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Kate and Caroline's Team - give.mskcc.org/site/TR/FredsTeam/FredsTeam
Sheena's Fundraising page - give.mskcc.org/site/TR/FredsTeam/FredsTeam
Mikey's Team - give.mskcc.org/site/TR
Hope's Fundraising page: give.mskcc.org/site/TR/FredsTeam/FredsTeam?

Learn more about New York Road Runners: nyrr.org
Become an NYRR Member: nyrr.org/membership

0:00 A survivor in orange on the Verrazano
0:29 Welcome: 10 days to the TCS New York City Marathon
4:25 Grand Central mini course and pasta night at the museum
7:47 Fred's Team: Fred Lebow, mile 17 and $139M for MSK
11:49 Hope Guzzle: colon cancer at 20
14:31 Stage 4, immunotherapy at MSK and law school at Fordham
17:48 From never liking running to Fred's Team
24:28 Kate and Caroline Stevens: sisters, donor and survivor
30:08 The ninth floor and Dr. Nancy Kernan
32:02 Running the marathon together
36:16 Running in orange, and mile 17 at MSK
39:24 Sheena Lawrick: Olympian mom and Gus's diagnosis
45:18 The MSK doctors who pioneered his treatment
46:41 Gus the trooper
50:06 From Olympian to first-time marathoner
54:38 Mike Kloepfer: 117 marathons and $1M+ for MSK
57:08 How Mike joined Fred's Team in 1998
59:42 Mike's own melanoma diagnosis
1:04:30 Mile 17 and Mike's 100th marathon
1:08:13 Thanks and wrap-up