“To be able to tell my mom I’m running for cancer research was very, very cool,” Bednar said.

“I got this haircut like four days before the marathon just because the mullet won, so I was able to raise like 500 bucks which was really cool,” Schmitz, CSOM ’22, said.

“When I got to see Newton, after running all those places, it was just like, I finally made it home,” Khaghany said.

“It’s definitely a day I'll never forget,” Grady said. “I felt a lot of love from people I did know and didn't know.”

“There was no feeling after that, like running away from Mile 21 I was so happy that the last five miles felt like nothing,” O’Connell said. “Like I don't remember them at all.”