LISBON (WGME) — This year’s Maine Marathon has extra special meaning for one Lisbon woman.
Kim Young was recently diagnosed with a rare type of cancer (EHE). She said doctors told her there is no cure.
Young decided to train and run this year’s Maine Marathon to bring awareness to the rare form of cancer she’s living with.
Unfortunately, she became a close contact with a positive COVID case. She tested negative, but to be safe, decided to run the marathon virtually Saturday instead of in-person on Sunday.
She designed the t-shirt she wore that reads: “Just Live.” On the back are the names of 100+ people past and present with the same cancer.
This was Young’s first marathon and she plans to run it again next year.
