719. Anne Keane, 3-Time Marathoner Living with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

"It's processing all of these emotions that you have with things that you're anticipating you are not going to be able to see. Like my daughter is a year and a half at this point. Am I going to see her go to elementary school? And then of course you're Googling the results. It is awful."

One year after giving birth to her daughter, Anne Keane decided it was time to get back into a workout routine. On her quest to get active again, she felt a tightness in her sternum. What she hoped was nothing serious was stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. In this conversation, Anne talks about receiving and living with a scary diagnosis for which there is treatment, but no cure. She talks about finding running, and about becoming a three-time Boston Marathoner as part of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team. Anne is the SVP of client services at an agency where she "does really cool events with really cool people," she's a jewelry designer, and she's an absolute force.

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What you'll get on this episode:

How Anne's Boston Marathon recovery has been going (2:40)
How Anne introduces herself to people, and how she feels about being labeled a survivor, fighter, or warrior (10:15)
How and why Anne became a jewelry designer (14:25)
When Anne fits running and working out into her life (17:25)
On receiving a life-altering diagnosis (19:00)
On living in fear (34:05)
How Anne became a runner — and marathoner (48:30)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Ali Feller and every week I talk with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond. From professional athletes and
0:14.8	celebrity runners to the everyday amateur and back of the pack runner, we are here
0:19.9	to celebrate everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run.
0:24.4	Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that's been holding you
0:28.0	back, I am here to help you pick up the pace.
0:31.2	My guest today is Anne Keene. I met Anne a few weeks ago in Boston. She was one of the
0:36.2	panel during the UFOS Project Pink Panel that I got to host and wow she blew me away.
0:43.0	Anne is living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.
0:47.0	And let's put an emphasis there on living.
0:50.0	She is a mom, she is a wife, she is crushing it at her corporate job. She's a jewelry designer on the side and she is a three-time marathoner.
0:59.0	And just completed this year's Boston Marathon, which you will hear all about in this
1:04.2	episode. In this conversation Ann talks about receiving that very scary life-changing
1:09.4	diagnosis several years ago and about how it changed the course of her life. She's a
1:13.9	remarkable woman and it is truly an honor to get to share her story today so
1:18.9	please enjoy this conversation with Anne Keene. All right, friends, you got to know her recently when she was on the Alley on the Run show,
1:36.8	live with UFOS. I could not resist asking Anne Keene to come back on the show for a full hour dedicated to her because this woman is amazing and incredible and I am in awe of you I am so drawn to your energy
1:49.5	Thank you for being here. I can do I want to keep complimenting you or do you want to talk?
1:53.2	It's up to you.
1:54.2	I will keep going.
1:55.2	The energy now, now the energy is going up.
1:58.2	So.
1:58.8	Perfect, that's what I want to do.
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