“Qualifying for Boston would be a great ending to this Les Feher has faced cancer in 20 â but continues to train at the sport he loves. You can’t sit back and feel sorry for yourself. It’s just something that’s happened and you move forward. That might be naive of me, but I don’t think my cancer defines me. “I’ve had cancer twice and it’s not something I really think about. “I’ve never run this well before,” he said. In fact, he’s even hoping to dig deep and find a little speed and maybe even a Boston marathon qualification. You get encouraged and soon it takes on a life of its own.”įeher is grateful to be back running and doing the things in life he enjoys. You start to see the progress and it is in the back of your mind where you were just a few shorts months ago.
“I found I just started running and everything fell back into place really fast. “My running started going really well,” he said.
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He even switched his race to tackle the full marathon distance. Chicago Marathon in October Detroit Free Press Half Marathon in October Have a happy and healthy New Year-H. He lost extra weight, his speed returned and he felt great. 2016 has been a year filled wit some ups and down, mostly ups thankfully but I thought I would take a moment just to go over the ups. Everything started from zero.”īut soon his running started to click. “When I started exercising in April, I was 30 pounds heavier and couldn’t run two miles anymore. “For months, I sat around doing nothing and gained 30 pounds,” he said. Finally in April he was given the all-clear to start exercising. By January 2017, the ileostomy bag was removed and he underwent surgery to have a J-pouch inserted which creates a reservoir for patients to store and pass stool. I was really depressed about it.”īut Feher was determined to not let it beat him, so he signed up for the Detroit Free Press half-marathon with his wife, Julie. I was really scared about it and it took a good three weeks to wrap my head around it. But, the real dark spot for me was getting the ileostomy bag. “To me stuff happens and you deal with it. “I’ve never been a ‘why me?’ type of person. “I was pretty positive through the whole thing,” Feher said. “So he suggested they take out the whole colon and rectum.”įollowing surgery, Feher was required to wear a ileostomy bag - an external bag that collects waste that usually passes through the colon (large intestine). “At this point the surgeon said to me, ‘You’ve had this twice now. Events: Marathon, half marathons (international and U.S.-only courses). This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. What: 39th Detroit Free Press/Talmer Bank Marathon. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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