Jason Noel is a brain cancer survivor AND marathoner. Need I say more? During this episode we talk about:
- How he’s a boat captain (has a U.S. Coast Guard’s Captain’s License) and scuba dive master
- What it feels like being called a brain cancer survivor
- The crazy story of his diagnosis in August of 2021
- His hospital roommate, Terrell, who was in prison for bank robbery (no joke)
- How his journey of half marathons and marathons started from not wanting to sit still after surgery
- Choosing to go to the happiest place on earth (Disney) for his first half he’d signed up for in the doctor’s office six weeks post op
- Running the Indy Mini with Ainsley’s Angels in 2024
- The 2 organizations he supports American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) and National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) and going to D.C. to lobby for more resources
- What the word “survivor” means to him and how his family decided not to use the word “terminal”
- His friend and battle buddy, Kelli McLaughlin, and the 5K set up to honor her life
- The Sloths - Jason, Amanda, and Jennifer (EP 57)
- His first marathon in Chicago 2023
- What’s coming up - Chicago, New York, Dopey
- How endurance is what excites him and how he looks at life as an endurance sport
- His kids and running and the “two week rule”
- His thoughts on whether or not he’ll write a book
- How he’d like to have the opportunity to do some public speaking (cough, cough, hire this guy!)
- How he’s actually had cancer TWICE
- The fairy garden on the Hagan-Burke trail in Carmel
