Gold medalist skier, kikkanimal is determined to finish her first marathon after her diagnosis left her unable to run last year’s race. NYCMarathon
Randall worked with the organization for years while competing annually in Oslo, Norway,—where Waitz is from—so she accepted a bid from them to run the marathon that November.“Literally a couple weeks after I made my decision is when I got my diagnosis,” Randall told. “I had to call them back and say, ‘Well, you won’t believe this, but our connection just got a lot stronger.’”, the most common form of breast cancer.
Her whole life was put on hold as she had to navigate the treatment that came with the disease, including rounds of chemotherapy and radiation. But, as she learned by working with AKTIV, she didn’t have to sit still and wait to see what happened. “Every year we’d come through Oslo, we would get to go work out with these patients, and it was always incredibly inspirational because here these people are up against really tough challenges, not feeling great and yet they’re coming together to exercise and that’s making them feel better,” Randall said. “So, when I got my diagnosis, it was like front of mind that, okay, I need to stay active through this. It’s going to make my treatment more effective. It’s going to help me deal with this.
That’s not to say Randall didn’t feel fatigued or tired from her chemotherapy sessions, which she rode her bike to. Staying active was more a way to fight back against the belief that she couldn’t do anything while in treatment. “I was out there doing something I could control,” she said. “I don’t think we talk enough about what we can do and how to facilitate like, oh maybe a little different way of doing it, but something to keep moving.”
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