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After being diagnosed with cancer, Peggy Hartzog’s first thoughts were about her own wants. But she soon began to think more about the needs of others. That’s when she remembered her old red hair. The result was a very unusual donation.
When Bob Lee survived colon cancer, he put his pedals to the metal to raise money for the disease.
A few short months after battling thyroid cancer, Marc Jarkow grabbed his bicyle and took off for Paris to compete in a 750-mile race.
Despite his struggles with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, Tony Handler is still pushing himself to complete triathlons.
Not only was a 94-year-old woman the oldest person to compete at the recent waterskiing U.S. Nationals, Lucille Borgen blew everybody away. She survived polio as a child, cancer as an adult and a few years ago, she completely lost vision in her left eye.
Barbara Hillary is a 75-year-old cancer survivor who became the first black woman to reach the North Pole.
Bob Becker was 57 before he ran his first marathon and he was running strong until a double whammy threatened to end his running career.
Doctors gave Sean Swarner two death sentences, but now he’s on top of the world.
The philanthropist known as “Secret Santa” was inspired to spread holiday cheer because of the kindness of a diner owner.
Cancer survivor Bernie Sher isn’t letting a little thing like retirement keep him from competing in the toughest triathlon competition in the world.
Orlando Magic Sr. VP Pat Williams is a man of many passions — marathons, writing books and his 19 children!