644. Gabe Grunewald (February 2018 Re-Run)

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Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

“It’s OK to struggle, but it’s not OK to give up.” —Gabe Grunewald

Gabriele “Gabe” Grunewald was a professional middle-distance runner from Minneapolis, MN. She was first diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma when she was in college and undoubtedly in the best shape of her life. Instead of finishing her college running career on a high note — or, better yet, a podium — Gabe was faced with a difficult and scary diagnosis. She underwent several surgeries, including having more than half of her liver removed after the third time the cancer came back.

Gabe passed away on June 11, 2019. Today, we are revisiting her conversation on the Ali on the Run Show, recorded in February 2018. In this conversation, Gabe talked about the difference between fighting and giving up, and explained what it means to be “brave like Gabe.”

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk
0:09.2	with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond. From professional athletes
0:14.3	and celebrity runners to the everyday amateur and back of the pack runner, we are here to
0:19.6	celebrate everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run. Whether you're running
0:24.7	towards something big or away from something that's been holding you back, I'm here to
0:29.3	help you pick up the pace. Today is a rerun episode. We're going back to February 2018 when
0:36.8	I had this very special conversation with Gabe Gournold. Gabe was and always will be a
0:43.4	beloved figure in the running community. She was a professional runner who kept training
0:48.1	and racing and living the fullest possible life with Adenoid cystic carcinoma, which is
0:54.3	a rare and complicated cancer. Gabe passed away 16 months after our conversation. In June
1:01.2	2019, at just 32 years old, her message will live on forever. Gabe wanted to inspire people.
1:08.9	She wanted to remind people that it is okay to struggle, but it is not okay to give up.
1:14.6	She wanted people to live a life in technicolor. And this girl loved Taylor Swift. I have no doubt
1:21.7	that Gabe would have found a way to get front-row tickets to the eras tour. So today, I hope you
1:27.4	enjoy revisiting this conversation from February 2018 with the ever-inspiring Gabe Gournold.
1:42.3	So Gabe, welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited.
1:48.0	Yay. All right. So we start every episode of the show with what we call the warm-up. So warm-up,
1:53.2	tell us who you are, where you're from, and what it is that you do. I am Gabe Gournold. I am from
1:59.2	Minneapolis, Minnesota, and I am a professional middle-distance runner. I run for Brooks, and I'm also
2:05.0	a cancer survivor. You have that down pat. That's like you're ready to go with that warm-up.
2:10.8	Well, I guess. I hope so. I hope I covered everything there.
2:14.9	Well, we're going to cover absolutely everything. So first, the question that I'm sure you probably
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