After working as head of the Edmond Public Schools system since June 2021, Superintendent Angela Grunewald announced this afternoon she will retire at the end of the current school year “Serving as your superintendent has been the highlight of my career I continue to have so many dreams for this district to help us better serve the students,” Grunewald said in Friday’s press release “I have no doubt many of those dreams will come to fruition In the same statement, Grunewald said the Edmond Public Schools Board of Education — which has its first regular meeting of the new calendar year scheduled for 6 p.m Monday — will begin searching for the next EPS superintendent immediately “I’m confident that a leader equally or even more passionate about education and Edmond schools will be found,” Grunewald said EPS Board of Education President Marcus Jones confirmed that Monday’s agenda would include an item to start the search process the board will have chosen a candidate before school concludes in May “I think she has a legacy at Edmond Public Schools to be proud of,” Jones said “I was glad to come onto the board during her tenure and think she’s done things that will stick with Edmond Public Schools for a long time.” Most recently, Grunewald became one of several superintendents statewide who opted not to show a bizarre clip of Walters praying on camera to classrooms Edmond students’ last day of school this year is set for Wednesday, May 21, according to the EPS online calendar More related images below APPLY NOW WIU Home > News Sorry, the news story you are trying to reach is not available. Please try searching our news archive for all WIU press releases © 2025 Western Illinois University Louis Grunewald built the hotel that would one day become The Roosevelt The connection between the music store and the hotel is that both were established and owned by the same person he opened a music store on Magazine Street He later opened another store on Canal Street and built Grunewald Hall a concert hall and ballroom one block off Canal on Baronne Street Daily Picayune called it a “new and imposing structure containing within its ample limits a handsome concert and ballroom a nucleus of attraction to Baronne Street and an ornament to the city.” Grunewald decided to build a hotel on the spot It opened in time for the Carnival season of 1894 His son Theodore owned the hotel but sold it in 1923 with the slogan “Everything in Music.” A young Pete Fountain’s father bought his first clarinet for him at Grunewald’s which also became known for publishing sheet music Grunewald music stores opened on Carondelet Street as well as on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie in the 1970s The Grunewald name also was attached to a music school at 827 Camp St. According to the WWOZ A Closer Walk website the school educated some major players in New Orleans jazz A crowd of nearly 82,000 people attended the game at Tulane Stadium Email notifications are only sent once a day Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: In loving memory of Walter Richard "Dick" Grunewald Jr. WV; David Grunewald (Lori Walters) of Peshtigo WI; Kenneth Grunewald (Kimberley) of Bruce WI; Steven Grunewald (Janel) of Friendship WI; and Dayna Grunewald (Kyle Whettam) of TN His legacy also includes his grandchildren Dick was also blessed with several great-grandchildren and Taylor.He was preceded in death by his wife A private family gathering will be held at a later date Submit A Story or Press Release: DrydenWire@gmail.com Advertising QuestionsGeneral QuestionsDrydenWire Insider Questions (KOKH) — Edmond Public Schools Superintendent Dr Angela Grunewald announced on Friday that she's retiring at the end of the school year Grunewald said in a statement that she has enjoyed her 17 years in Edmond and that serving as the superintendent has been the highlight of her career "I continue to have so many dreams for this district to help us better serve students," Grunewald said "I have no doubt that many of those dreams will come to fruition The Edmond School Board will begin the search for a new superintendent immediately Grunewald said she looks forward to the second semester and hopes to have a replacement named in the Spring with the new superintendent taking over in June Grunewald was named the first female superintendent in the district's history in June 2021 For more local news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter by clicking here. Grunewald and Shiffler law firm of Medford and Abbotsford welcomes new associate attorney Trevor Passmore Passmore is a 2024 graduate of UW-Madison Law School and began working with the firm on July 1 Grunewald and Shiffler is a general practice law firm that has served the region for more than 75 years “We are happy to have Trevor join our firm He has the skill and dedication to serve our clients and a passion for the law that is a requirement to work for our firm,” said attorney Bill Grunewald Passmore was born in Minnesota but has spent much of his life in Hawaii where his family owns a bowling alley in Lihue on the island of Kauai “We moved there when I was about 12 and I worked at the bowling alley the whole time up until I went to college,” Passmore said After high school he moved from the tropical paradise of Hawaii to attend Yale University in Connecticut Passmore didn’t know what he wanted to do when he entered college “I went into college very open-minded and wanting to explore professional fields,” he said He initially started with classes for a pre-med course reasoning that it would be the difficult to switch into later if he decided to go that route He did internships each summer while in school and his first summer was in a psychiatrist’s office His second summer internship was in the circuit court in Hawaii This is where he developed a love for the law “It is from the second summer that I knew I’d be going into law,” he said Passmore said he was drawn to the law because of the variety of problem solving that needs to take place “It is really wide the variety of problem solving that you get to see a lot of unique issues and it felt like an area where I was well suited to provide value for people,” he said “I always really enjoyed games and puzzles and trying to figure out the best solution to any problem that was presented,” he said which helps with working with clients and meeting their needs like many college graduates during the COVID-era Passmore missed out on having an in-person graduation and in-person classes He spent the pandemic living at home in Hawaii and attending classes on-line He said while Hawaii is not the worst place to be stuck during COVID he was disappointed to miss out on a graduation ceremony and the many friends he was not anticipating seeing again as they went on to life after college One of the unique challenges with attending online classes at Yale while living on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean was dealing with the time difference My class is like at 3 AM and I'm like this sucks,” he said He said he also missed out on doing an in-person research project having to pivot to it being more theoretical Passmore said he wanted to come back to the upper midwest to complete his education “I still have family nearby,” he said of his reasons for wanting to come back to the region He said he applied to schools in Iowa and Minnesota as well as UW-Madison He said he ultimately chose UW-Madison because it was the best value of the law schools Passmore participated in Rural Entrepreneurship Program The Rural Entrepreneurship Program is an initiative intended to support entrepreneurship outside of Madison and Milwaukee The goal of the program is two-fold: to support entrepreneurs through direct action and support for policy initiatives that create opportunity for entrepreneurs in rural Wisconsin and to support law students interested in practicing in rural communities “You’re effectively working as a no-cost law firm along with other students and you are supervised by a licensed attorney,” Passmore said he said they would go to small towns around the state and answer questions for people who are looking to start small businesses.With his family’s first-hand experience in running a small business he had an interest in the role businesses play in communities “It certainly gives me some perspective and interest in small business I have seen the court of community interaction that stems from the way small businesses within the community are tied together and have that opportunity for symbiosis,” he said He said he knew he wanted to serve in a general practice firm in a smaller community He noted that just because there are not as many attorneys “You do a bit of whatever comes through the door,” he said Passmore said the area of law he is most passionate about is in transactional and business-related law He said it was helped in law school by his favorite professors teaching those classes Passmore gained more first-hand experience in practicing law in a small town through an internship with a law firm in Princeton a community in Green Lake county with about 1,200 residents He said his time working there was valuable in knowing what to expect in terms of workload and procedures working at a small firm in a rural area Passmore learned of the opportunity to come to Jensen Grunewald and Shiffler when attorneys Bill Grunewald and Mike Shiffler came to UW-Madison to hold campus interviews to recruit to fill an attorney position Passmore explained that this is an opportunity for firms to have open slots for law school students to come and interview with them “His interests fit our community and we are confident he will fit in well,” Grunewald said Passmore said he signed up and submitted his resume and met them for the first time the attorney he worked under at the law firm in Princeton had been a roommate of Grunewald’s when the two were in law school Passmore was invited up to Medford to see the office and community Passmore said he was excited about what Medford had to offer and began making plans to come here Passmore recently moved to an apartment in Medford “It is certainly nicer than where I had been living in Madison through school,” Passmore said Passmore said his biggest hobby is tabletop games and playing a lot of trading card games such as Magic the Gathering and Pokemon and just about any type of tabletop strategy games He said he is excited by Medford having Tea and Tee Card and Hobby nearby on Main Street and that he is looking forward to becoming involved with what they have going on Passmore is excited to explore the outdoors in the area and go camping and hiking « Back Press release supplied by the Cape Town Cycle Tour The elite women’s race at the Cape Town Cycle Tour tends to follow a similar pattern but Pia Grünewald turned the 2025 edition on its head The LKT Team Woman time triallist put her strengths against the clock to great use as she launched a speculative attack on the foothills of Smitswinkel just 25 kilometres into the 78 kilometre women’s course The chase behind failed to organise until Chapman’s Peak Drive and with a 3-minute advantage going into the final 27 kilometres ahead of a S’annara Grove lead final chase group Near perfect conditions greeted the 122-rider strong elite women’s field The pre-dawn sky was overcast but temperatures were warm and hardly a breath of wind blew across the gentle swells rolling into False Bay From the start on Main Road in Fish Hoek the women would contest the final two-thirds of the full The standard format for the women’s race is a combative but surging approach with attacks being closed down before the field thins out on Chapman’s Peak Drive and the final selection is made by the speed of the top riders and the steepness of Suikerbossie Early attacks went and were brought back until Seana Littbarski-Gray accelerated rapidly The group had to work hard to bring the German-born Grünewald counter-attacked and only Janine Schneider was initially able to follow The peloton was happy to let the German gain time on the Smitswinkel ascent and by the summit she had a 21 second advantage and Grove would later confess that they did not know there was a rider up the road “Without radios the first time I knew there was a break was at the foot of Chappies when my team car came up and told me,” the South African Champion confessed “It’s difficult,” Vera Looser explained Tiffany [Keep] and myself are all in the same situation and we’re a similar type of rider Without teams there is only so much we can do so the teams don’t necessarily want to work with us.” A lull in the chase behind allowed Grünewald to keep pushing the pace and extending her advantage She went through Scarbrough and passed the bulk of the U17 Boy’s field With the commissaires keeping the women’s race leader out of the convoy she gained no benefit from catching the group ahead but showed great composure to not be thrown off her rhythm either With 32 kilometres remaining Grünewald started the Chapman’s Peak climb with a 3 minute lead Behind the women had heard not only that there was a rider up the road but also what her advantage was Hayley Preen and Tiffany Keep did their utmost to reduce the deficit but the lone leader was too powerful to cede her lead easily Going over the summit and 10 kilometres later coming through Camps Bay Grünewald still had a 90 second buffer “LKT rode really well,” Keep praised “It’s frustrating to be on the receiving end of team tactics like that They disrupted the chase and worked to set up their sprinter for the race for second I think I’ll have to bring my DAS-Hutchinson team next year.” In the closing kilometres Grünewald could savour the victory when my team car told me I had 2 minutes and 30 I knew I had it,” she smiled “The rule of 1 minute per 10 kilometres “This is only my second race of the season and my first victory!” Grünewald stated “It’s been a great trip out to South Africa with the team and to seal it with a victory is very special and that’s exactly what I did.” Grünewald’s winning time was 2 hours Grove led the chase group home 1 minute and 31 seconds later Looser and Kelsey van Schoor completed the top five places 2025 Cape Town Cycle Tour Elite Women’s Results For the full results from the 2025 Cape Town Cycle Tour click here We serve the public by pursuing a growing economy and stable financial system that work for all of us We conduct world-class research to inform and inspire policymakers and the public We provide the banking community with timely information and useful guidance We explore policy topics that are important for advancing prosperity across our region It all started with his love of numbers and a desire to match it with a discipline that could have social impact Rob Grunewald discovered that intersection in his freshman economics class at St “I saw I could use math in a powerful framework for looking at issues facing our country and internationally,” said the veteran economist in the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ Community Development department 30 years removed from that introductory econ course Grunewald’s passion for communicating the economic value of public investment in early childhood development (ECD) lives on as he speaks regularly about the issue across the nation “As long as we still have children who have not received that investment I’ll continue to be interested in new research and policies that best reach children and their families,” he said That’s why Grunewald helped organize the “Innovation in Early Childhood Development and K-12 Education” conference last October It was co-sponsored by the Bank’s Community Development department and the Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute the conference pivoted to the future and innovative ideas It focused on three areas: parental involvement in ECD the impact of early learning program quality on child outcomes and how markets for early learning can work more efficiently Disparities in executive function skills by socioeconomic status are observed by the time children reach age two Making the science of brain development tangible and applicable to daily life can help parents support their children’s development teacher-assisted activities and a curriculum that structures time and engages children are key features of effective classroom instruction High-quality child care often costs more than families can afford but well-designed public funding and policies can bridge the gap and ensure adequate supply Strong evidence on the ROI for early childhood development compels increased public investment even as researchers continue to hone in on the key components of quality Innovative and provocative is what Rolnick and Grunewald were when they wrote in 2003 that investments in ECD yield extraordinary public returns—as much as an inflation-adjusted 12 percent average annual rate a far higher return than most traditional economic development programs And they didn’t mince words when they wrote in the first line of that article “Early childhood development programs are rarely portrayed as economic development initiatives and we think that is a mistake,” adding “The return on investment from early childhood development is extraordinary resulting in better working public schools Grunewald said: “The data made a convincing case so we could really rely on the research to make a statement that economic development as conventionally considered was providing a much lower return than if we had invested these resources in our children Sometimes readers only take in the first paragraph We wanted to encourage them to read the rest of the article.” there was little pushback from neuroscientists and economists who understood that the story of developing human capital begins long before kindergarten But there was pushback from other constituencies The ECD work stemmed from another research focus and policy initiative that Rolnick had embraced: condemning the competition between states for the luring of corporations and jobs The return on investment in that kind of economic development was poor along with Minneapolis Fed colleague Melvin Burstein As Grunewald and Rolnick argued for a public investment in early learning for kids they recommended the creation of a permanent endowment to support scholarships for low-income children The idea came as they watched two Minnesota professional sports franchises—the baseball Twins and football Vikings—threaten to move to other states unless they received public funding for two new stadiums that amounted to more than $800 million in public financing for the Twins and Vikings facilities who is now a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs and Grunewald calculated that an investment of that size could provide scholarships for thousands of low-income children to attend high-quality early learning programs “in perpetuity,” Grunewald said the researchers got some pushback for comparing an endowed fund for young children with providing privately owned sports teams public financing there is no free lunch,” Grunewald said “There is always something we give up for choices we make individually or as a society Research shows that turning our backs on young children costs a lot.”  the Twins and Vikings stadiums were built and no ECD endowment was established but Grunewald has been encouraged by some of the progress made in early childhood investments since 2003 it all leads back to that freshman course and Grunewald’s embrace of the connections between math “It’s helpful to take an issue that typically would be considered a social issue or a moral issue and bring economic analysis to it,” he said “I sometimes jokingly say that you don’t even have to like children to achieve this high rate of return because it simply makes good business sense to make these early investments Join Rob Grunewald on Sept. 5 when he leads a Conversation with the Fed on early care and education. Learn more and register here Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The best interviews are like hanging out with new friends of whom you can ask anything; this was like that That dinner was on the fourth of five days I would spend with Justin and Gabe for another race that also did not go well Gabe was in the early stages of a chemotherapy program which would not be shown effective at improving her health but was hell on her training and racing they ran together along the Mississippi River and back and forth over a few of the bridges that cross it I rode along on a mountain bike and asked questions We spent a chunk of the next day with Gabe’s family—her father Kim Gabe sat across from me at a high table in her and Justin’s apartment in the shadow of the Vikings’ U.S and explained every detail of her eight years battling adenoid cystic carcinoma a rare cancer with no course of treatment and no cure Gabe—born Gabriel Anderson because her mom loved Biblical names and which Gabe later lengthened herself with an “e” on the end because she liked that even better—was an unflinching narrator of her own journey to share the details of her illness and her fight in hopes that it might help shine a light on diseases that don’t come with pink bows or 5k runs and that others might draw strength from her strength though she would never have phrased it that way “All of this talking is so far out of my comfort zone,” she told me “I was conflicted about how much I wanted to share like if didn’t talk about my cancer maybe it wouldn’t come back.” where she learned that the best way to circumvent small town sports politics was to run because the watch does not lie or discriminate (She remained miffed about getting left off the Homecoming Court jabbing her index finger in the air as she ran.) She told me about winning a scholarship to the University of Minnesota after stubbornly waiting months for her home state school to finally offer She told me about the first time she learned she had cancer while staying at a hotel in Arizona as a senior in college waiting to launch the best season of her career and about Googling ACC and seeing the word “incurable,” and thinking: Well People get this disease and just succumb to it She told me about coming back a year later but also to party a little harder because she had never done that in the past and who knows “Sometimes those nights ended in tears and drama,” she said “Because I would get emotional about everything.” She and Justin told me about what happened in 2016 and doctors found a volleyball-sized tumor that devoured two-thirds of her liver About screaming out loud to get the tumor out of her body even though it would be many days before that could happen only six months later the cancer came back again I’m supposed to say that in these interviews I nearly cried because of the spirited way in which Gabe could tell even the most ominous tales The other reporting I did before writing about Gabe was far less encouraging An oncologist treating Gabe in Minneapolis said her cancer: “Is characterized by coming back.” A specialist in New York your chance of curing it is highest when it first presents the likelihood is lower.” After my story on Gabe was published in SI in July of 2017 a doctor I know and who has been a resource for me on other stories emailed me to say: “What an inspiring young woman I hope you understand how her story ends.” having been in the presence of Gabe’s ebullient determination and Justin’s quiet strength (he is not only an excellent runner I came to imagine the next story I might write about Gabe I imagined watching that race and interviewing Gabe afterward watching her contort her face in that way she liked to do making a joke about the success or failure of her performance and then turning serious to explain her survival and to encourage and inspire others I imagined fighting back tears as I punched the keys on my laptop Gabe: I appreciate the time you took covering my story and I’m so glad people have been touched by it Fortunately immunotherapy has had me feeling good (hoping for good results too) and I’m feeling a lot better running than I did in June Always thinking the best for you and Justin and your family You know by now that I will never get the chance to tell that story even cynical journalists who can always find the darkness in a sunny day Gabe willed people to believe in the impossible On Tuesday night known to the running community and far beyond as Gabe died of complications due to adenoid cystic carcinoma Gabe died in the presence of family and friends in a new apartment into which Gabe and Justin had recently moved still close to the football stadium but with big windows welcoming sunlight and a view of the river Gabe had been moved into end of life care on Monday morning “We’re sitting and cherishing memories and holding her hand,” he said so we believe there is a place beyond this world Justin had gone public with Gabe’s condition in the last days before her passing he described Gabe as having lab work that was “incompatible with life,” but then she took a deep breath and yelled NOT TODAY.” Five days later in another post Justin wrote that Gabe was back in the hospital on June 4 This time it was me asking her to wait a bit longer and she agreed.” Then on Sunday night Justin posted again: “It breaks my heart to say but overnight Gabriele’s status worsened with worsening liver function causing confusion we have made the difficult decision to move her to comfort care this afternoon.” When I talked to Justin on Monday afternoon Gabriele and I came to a peace with everything.” He said he received more than 5,000 messages in less than 24 hours after his announcement that Gabe was being moved in which he also wrote: “I wanted to let you all know while she is still alive so you can send her one last message here or on her wall or on her phone before she heads up to heaven.” In the two years since I met and wrote about Gabe (and Justin) as the story I had hoped to write about her miraculous comeback became increasingly unlikely a mentor; an activist—who simply would not give up in the face of an unbeatable opponent Her coaches always tried to get her to stick her nose in the race a little earlier She stuck her nose in this one from the gun #BraveLikeGabe was a social media hashtag to recognize Gabe’s courage It evolved into the name of the foundation she started with Justin to raise awareness of rare cancers and to raise money for research That foundation has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and Justin told me that the foundation’s work will continue in Gabe’s absence We are a culture that rallies around big causes and without nearly the support heaped on more common cancers and fought to her last breath to effect change but an important reality that in other ways watching amoeba that is called the running community The verb most often employed here is “inspired,” a malleable word where so many people awaken every morning with fists balled was a reminder that there are much bigger battles In the midst of swimming upstream against a relentless illness Gabe’s bottomless courage and optimism came in the face of odds that she fully understood To wit: My original story on Gabe’s battle was published on July 8 Tim: Not sure you heard about Gabe today… Not good news… tumors are growing and more of them Stopping Chemo… off to New York soon… FYI… Thanks again for the story Soon afterward Gabe would begin the immunotherapy that helped her briefly feel better Gabe made all this clear in an Instagram post darted Feb 21 of this year: “…That’s the thing about most of my scans over the last three years – they’ve almost all been bad….” So understand this: Gabe spent the last years of her life fighting inspiring others… fully aware that she was not winning her own fight Many of us live every day in denial of our own mortality gently nudging its presence to the perimeter of our existence and she punched at it until she could no longer lift her arms On the last day I spent with Gabe two years ago I met her in the lobby of her apartment building as she finished a run not the cancer patient that she would eventually become “I was never one of those people who had a transcendental relationship with running,” she said and gosh neither was I (and neither are a lot of people) “I love running now more than I ever did,” she said this: “For a few years I was low-level anxious that the cancer would come back TIM LAYDENSenior writer Tim Layden primarily covers NFL, the Olympics and horse racing for SI and SI.com. 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Let us know what you think about this article by writing a letter to the editors Cardinals' homilies before conclave speak volumes African Hebrew Israelites finally see legal victory against Israel's deportation threats Have things changed for women since the time of Mary Magdalene and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.      Contact Us  Privacy Policy When the last runner crosses the finish line of the Dallas Marathon on Dec Marcus Grunewald — who in 2022 marks 20 years as race director — can finally rest exhausted runners completing their 26.2 mile trek Grunewald might slip in a question: “What did you think of the course?” Because he’s already thinking about next year ‘is this how we want to do it next year?’” As participants recover with beer and baths recognize another successful year and conduct the post mortem (what went wrong?) there are a million emails to answer and a race expo at the convention center to clean up Rest doesn’t come easy when you’re called to govern Texas’ oldest marathon Dallas’ largest annual fitness and family event We’re talking 40,000 people, from every American state and beyond, attending some portion of the weekend’s events, which include a three-day health exposition If Grunewald is the heart, the 2,500-volunteer army is its lifeblood They’ll distribute some 10,785 gallons of water and Gatorade 625 gallons of beer and collect 112 bags of discarded clothing for donating to local charities To pull off this engineering marvel — wherein the equivalent of a sold-out American Airlines Center crowd (20,000-plus people) moves across our city at paces varying between 4-12 mph — the team utilizes outside consultants and solicits the support of many city departments In addition to distributing 25,000 door hangers around town If more people can put a face with the event the less angry they will be when their Sunday commute is interrupted and we have learned that by reaching out and notifying as many people as possible about what’s going to happen race weekend Anyone who has watched a dear one cross the marathon finish line (or done it themselves) knows that’s where the magic happens but shrewd strategizing goes into the start (which At the inaugural running of the White Rock Marathon (now Dallas Marathon) in 1971 80 men and women crowded near the start — fast guys up front First to cross the finish line was the winner runners wearing timing chips are grouped into corrals based on their anticipated pace; they launch in five-minute intervals The slower competitors typically don’t even cross the starting line until more than an hour after the elites “One of the trickiest things is making sure the start is clear before the fastest half-marathon runners start finishing,” Grunewald says “There is never a dull moment at the start-finish.” The Lake Highlands man who lives and breathes the Dallas Marathon hasn’t mentioned his 20-year milestone to many people “He has put his heart and soul into this race and has brought together many people in this community and throughout the country for many years,” Darsi says “Marcus is a very humble person and doesn’t like to be in the spotlight but I believe he is due some recognition.” worked for the same company and fell for one another at a happy hour at Studebakers so pursuing separate passions worked in their favor Grunewald ran his first marathon at White Rock in 1984 “I was in an informal running group in college when I saw something about that you had to train for years before running a marathon Grunewald ran another nine times before an injury interrupted his streak “I really liked that job and the paychecks but the people I enjoyed the most were my running friends When the marathon needed a full-time employee it didn’t pay what I had been making in the banking world but I discovered that it was more important to be happy I’ve got one of the best jobs in the world.” When he’s not at City Hall, meeting with the Dallas Marathon Board, presenting checks to Scottish Rite for Children (the marathon has donated $4 million since 1997) or hosting a pre-marathon event you’ll find Grunewald running with a group of friends around the lake or a dirt trail You’ll know him by his trademark yellow visor (“We have a garage full of them,” Darsi says “Marcus is not only the executive race director for BMW Dallas Marathon. He is also an ambassador for racing in Dallas in general, and one of the biggest supporters of the running scene,” says Julie Lanaux, a founding member of White Rock Running Co-op “The best scenario for races is where the race gives as much back to the local running scene as the local runners contribute to the race and Marcus is the living embodiment of that concept.” To continue challenging himself as an athlete Grunewald started running longer distances (getting older which is one of the reasons the Dallas Marathon added a 50k “It’s unofficially Marcus’s Ultra Marathon,” he says who doesn’t share much about his personal life he just “wasn’t feeling right,” and his running performance was suffering So he saw a physician and wound up undergoing quintuple bypass surgery to treat blocked arteries “The doctor said if I had run another race it probably would have been the last thing I did,” Grunewald says “As runners we tend to push through injuries because we just think that’s who we are,” he says You really need to pay attention to those injuries event planning is a world of disappointments Grunewald’s worst experience as director was having to cancel the marathon due to weather who typically runs around doing whatever is needed on race day remembers her husband going out the Saturday before race day in 2013 “He was out there in the truck before I even woke up We can’t have the race.’” It was devastating the only time the race was ever called off aside from the pandemic years “We all felt personally responsible for the pain and suffering that the runners went through.” A better day was when East Dallas chiropractor Logan Sherman’s “dream of winning the marathon” came true he hugged Marcus,” Darsi recalls of the 2015 winner and then I watched Logan grow up and become such a great guy,” Marcus Grunewald says “I feel like the Dallas marathon is my race runner Gabriele Grunewald who died after a ten year battle with cancer who inspired a viral outpouring of online love and gratitude for her relentlessly positive spirit during her 10-year journey running despite battling cancer passed away June 11 at her home in Minneapolis Diagnosed with a rare cancer in her salivary gland in 2009 made an emotional Instagram post Tuesday evening letting the world know Olympic Membership - Free Live Stream Sports & Original Series - join now! 🥇 A post shared by Justin Grunewald (@justingrunewald1) on Jun 11 "Thank you for showing me what bravery looks like." - Kara Goucher A post shared by Justin Grunewald (@justingrunewald1) on Jun 10, 2019 at 12:44pm PDT In November 2017, Gabe spoke to the Olympic Channel about her story and had these powerful words for women everywhere. "My story and my life message is just to never underestimate your own inner strength and the power that you have over your own circumstances." "I mean, we're all going to go through different things in our life, whether it's cancer or something else, but we all have the power to live with a positive attitude and do our best and I would just say to, you know, find your own inner strength." "We all have it. And most women are a lot stronger than they think they are." Messages of courage, love and admiration have been sent to Gabriele Grunewald who died after battling cancer for 10 years. She shared this emotional message with Olympic Channel in November 2017. Gabriele Grunewald, known to everyone as Gabe, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2009. It's called adenoid cystic carcinoma and usually originates in the salivary glands. Defiant in the face of the diagnosis Gabe went through surgery and radiation treatment but continued to run for the University of Minnesota, finishing second in the 1,500m at the 2010 NCAA championships. In 2012 Grunewald finished fourth in the 1,500m at the 2012 Olympic trials and in 2014 she became US indoor 3,000m champion. Her 4:01:48 personal best over 1,500m in 2013 still stands as the 12th fastest set by an American woman in history. Despite treatments for cancer in her thyroid and liver in 2017, the U.S. track star still kept running and kept recording impressive times. A post shared by gabriele anderson grunewald (@gigrunewald) on Jan 9, 2019 at 4:58pm PST Despite a decade-long cancer ordeal she ran, defying doctors, challenging diagnoses. The girl born in Perham, Minnesota, even harboured hopes of making the USA Tokyo 2020 team. "Running has always been a great outlet for me. Running has taught me to live in the moment and enjoy being in the present moment," she said in an interview with the Olympic Channel back in November 2017. Former American indoor 1500m champion Gabe Grunewald is determined to achieve her goal of competing in the Olympic Games. While that dream of making Tokyo 2020 wasn't to be, this runner touched lives far beyond the people she met in person. Many answered her husband's call to send one last message. On June 10th Gabe's husband Justin, who's a doctor, posted this message about his wife's worsening condition: "It breaks my heart to say but overnight Gabriele’s status worsened with worsening liver function causing confusion. Wanting to do her no harm we have made the difficult decision to move her to comfort cares this afternoon. I wanted to let you all know while she is still alive so you can send her one last message here or on her wall or on her phone before she heads up to heaven. I wrote this to her a couple years ago below and wanted to share what she means to me. First, thank you. Thank you so much for showing me what it's like to be and feel alive. It's easy to pass through life day to day and punch a time card wishing away the hours. Currently although I don't always show it, I cherish every second. Whether we are out running, binging on a new Netflix series, or just lying in bed being lazy. Nothing beats the feeling I get when I see your smiling face. I know life is scary and I know we have won the lottery of uncertainty, and it's not fair, but I still choose our life of uncertainly and at times fear, over any alternative option I could think of. I have so much fun with you and have learned more from having you as my best friend and wife than I learned in the rest of my life combined. At the end of the day people won't remember the PRs run or the teams qualified for but they will remember that hard period in their life where they were losing hope but they found inspiration in a young lady who refuses to give up. A post shared by Justin Grunewald (@justingrunewald1) on Jun 9, 2019 at 12:48pm PDT The response was overwhelming with running stars, running fans, and Gabe supporters lighting up the net with messages on how she had inspired them. A post shared by gabriele anderson grunewald (@gigrunewald) on Apr 22 His resilience and activism showed me that to live in fulfilment is to question authority and do the right thing we treat the living survivors of the Holocaust as memorials: we pay our respects so too do their memories and then only recorded history remains It might seem that events cease to exist except in physical monuments Trauma is inherited and values are shaped; forced migration violence and persecution live on in families for generations My grandfather grew up in south-east Germany he was placed on the Kindertransport and found himself in London where he was befriended by a Jewish charity Records indicate that they were taken to Auschwitz but as with millions of victims of the Holocaust we can only guess at the horror of how they died The world that my grandfather grew up in is almost beyond my understanding He spent his formative years as an orphan in a foreign country that was hostile to his existence and suspicious of his motives Yet he survived losing his home and family made new friends – some kinder than others – and tamed his anxiety and depression married and created a new life for himself Rather than surrendering to misfortune he trained as an engineer met my gentile grandmother and raised a gentile family His early experiences guided his understanding of his place in the world and encouraged his political activism He was a member of Jewish Labour and a vehement campaigner to protect the NHS As a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament he was arrested for a sitting down protest in Parliament Square He wrote fierce letters to MPs in defence of the rights of Palestinians will not let you leave his house without a stomach full of food and a head filled with choice words about this government some sixty years after my grandfather’s lonely arrival to the UK The bitter resentment of everything German a prominent feature for the post-war generation had dissipated by then so my German name was not an embarrassment for me It was significant – a reminder of where I came from and how lucky my family and I were to be here Other families of Holocaust survivors may have different inheritances I am immensely grateful for the magnificent sacrifice that my great-grandparents made in ensuring my grandfather had a safe passage to the UK strong principles and activism showed me that to live in fulfilment is to live with purpose When I was at school the immigration debate was loud and irate In my town the British National Party received 9 per cent of the vote during the 2010 election I couldn’t understand why people believed that the privilege of being born in a place of safety gave them authority over its borders or why they thought that race or religion had any bearing on an individual’s value it was almost unthinkable that anyone could see immigration as anything other than wonderful Though we often talked politics at the kitchen table I did not need it explained to me how or why we should open our doors to refugees What my grandfather did help me to understand was why extremism grows – how dangerous individuals may harness poisonous narratives to justify their own prejudices and make sense of the confusing world around them He wrote in his memoirs: “People of different religions and ethnic backgrounds may live peaceably side by side for centuries they turn on each other with deadly hatred like dormant volcanoes springing back to life.” After studying politics at university my first job was in parliament assisting MPs in holding the government to account After three years I could no longer stand the deference to impartiality of being a public servant From his experience came a desire to take a stand – to write My identity and values were shaped by the atrocity of Nazism His experiences made him an advocate for others a strength which could have so easily been smothered by misery and hopelessness The life I have is a gift from my ancestors it is incumbent on me to live with these values memorable pain strikes when he's out of breath Justin Grunewald was on a mountain run a few weeks ago through rain snow and a blast of sun when suddenly he heard his late wife's heartbeat taking him back to Gabriele's last moments on the couch of their Minneapolis condo he instinctively had switched into physician mode because the pain of being her husband was too great to bear He grabbed his stethoscope and listened to the sacred sound of her beating heart When he heard the cadence again on that Colorado trail the sadness — and joy — of feeling her presence brought him to his knees "I'll never regret doing that," he wrote "Despite listening to thousands of heart beats and feeling thousands of pulses i can still feel and hear yours when i need it." He later sent those words out to his more than 60,000 followers on Instagram where Justin regularly reveals the traumatic complicated experience of what it's like to walk through grief — and to find love and happiness again she inspired thousands of social media followers all over the planet to keep doing what they love in the face of insurmountable hardship Gabe died three years ago this month at the age of 32 Justin told me he knows it's weird. To be this fortunate. To lose one fairytale ending, only to land another fairytale.  "Amanda essentially saved my life," said Justin, who's 36. "It's dramatic to say, but life is hard when you're alone all of a sudden. I'd spent 10 years of my life with Gabriele — the happiest, best life — and then all of a sudden, you get off your shift, and you come home to an empty condo every night." A hospitalist at Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis, he switched to the night shift because coming home at 6 a.m., rather than 5 in the evening, blunts the pain. He could just give into his fatigue and pass out without having to think. Yet some people seem to want his story to end with Gabriele's death, uncomfortable with the sight of him moving forward. An ultramarathoner who runs 100-mile races, he inherently knows suffering and soldiering on: left, right, left, right. A small portion of his followers have sent him the cruelest messages, "stuff that makes you want to throw up," he said, accusing him of forgetting about Gabe. The widowed are told they are moving too fast my beautiful sister-in-law who was just 38 I root for Justin because I see so much of my brother in him When you've watched people you love walk through hell you want more than anything for them to find their way back to joy we render ourselves vulnerable to the worst kind of pain "There were conversations I was incredibly fortunate that she forced us to have many times that she'd murder me if I didn't continue on my life and find happiness," Justin said He remains close to Gabriele's parents who've experienced far more trauma than any family should was on her way to a soccer game when she was struck and killed by a driver who authorities say was high on opioids "It's like a horror story that doesn't make any sense," Justin said of the family's pain Justin said her father cried and hugged him Justin remembers his father-in-law's words: "You're not going to spend the rest of your life alone." a professional trail runner and endurance coach based in Boulder through a mutual friend at a race in Texas Justin was complaining that he didn't do his best because his stomach hurt But Amanda wouldn't indulge his excuses "It was very nice not to be coddled because everyone just wants to make sure I'm not going to break down and cry," he said "Maybe I need more of this in my life." He thinks it's because his subconscious was trying to remember the exact shape and size of Gabriel in his arms and cling to what he had lost But when his new friend Amanda reached out for him "a hug actually felt like a hug." They were invited by a brand that filmed them running the Kalalau Trail in Kauai in February 2020 Running together in paradise right before a pandemic cemented their relationship who now splits his time between Minneapolis and their home in Boulder can sense when his grief is spilling sideways into crabbiness and irritability Having a family with her is better than any scenario Justin would have foreseen for himself three years ago you'll see he's wearing his grief on his sleeve even though he's sensitive to the trolls and to the sadness of others who share their suffering He does it because he can connect with — even inspire — those who feel like they've lost everything "You can't sit things out because of guilt," he said "Whether you fall in love with your spouse's best friend you never know what's going to happen Life's both too long and too short to spend it without love and happiness and camaraderie." The fifth annual Brave Like Gabe 5K will be held Saturday at Lake Phalen Regional Park in St. Paul. The event also has a virtual option. Proceeds will support the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation. More information can be found at bravelikegabe.org. Laura Yuen, a Star Tribune features columnist, writes opinion as well as reported pieces exploring parenting, gender, family and relationships, with special attention on women and underrepresented communities. With an eye for the human tales, she looks for the deeper resonance of a story, to humanize it, and make it universal. No Section Peek inside homes for sale in the Twin Cities area. After falling behind 17-0 at halftime and being dominated most of the game, the Bulldogs may have locked up a spot in the College Football Playoff Be one of the first to try our new activity feed! Tap “Home” to explore. Few runners know better than Justin Grunewald how life can twist and turn in unexpected ways. Like many of us, the 34-year-old native Minneapolis and doctor of internal medicine had plenty of race goals heading into 2020. But unlike most of us, he started the year with a heavy heart and a much different path in life than a year earlier. Last June, Grunewald lost the love of his life and became a widow when his wife, Gabriele, died at the age of 32 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. “Gabe” Grunewald was an elite track athlete who battled adenoid cystic carcinoma on and off for 10 years … Gabe’s inspiring courage captured the attention of the running community, but so did Justin’s enduring love and support for her. Together they founded the “Brave Like Gabe” organization to fund research and bring awareness to the fight against rare cancers. After an understandably emotional 2019, Justin Grunewald adjusted his running focus to the trails this year and has been on a tear as of late, setting 14 Fastest Known Times since February—including six since mid-June. The slogan “Brave Like Gabe” remains a motivating mantra close to the heart of thousands of runners, especially Justin. He’s continued to post loving memories of Gabe on his social-media outlets. “You don’t ever move on. A piece of your heart is lost forever,” he said in an Instagram post on July 15. “You have the happiest and saddest memories that will never go away. You collapse at the sound of a song. But you realize you have to keep moving. Not moving on, but moving forward. If you don’t, you’ll miss out on so much future happiness and possibility.” A post shared by Justin Grunewald (@justin_grunewald) Grunewald has been splitting time between Minneapolis where he works for several weeks at a time and then has several weeks off but he’s also been on the road and running new trails wherever he can find them “I was Gabrielle’s training partner on the track for a long time and I wouldn’t trade that for anything,” he says “But it’s been nice to be able to get on trails and explore some new places to run fast The main reasons I love going after FKTs is that I’ve been on the road and I just look up a trail I’ve never seen and go run it hard.” Justin Grunewald had plenty of race goals heading into 2020 he drove his new adventure van from Minnesota to Texas to run the Bandera 100K hoping to earn a Golden Ticket entry into the Western States 100 but he rolled an ankle at the 70K mark and wound up eighth overall the stars of the former “Fixer Upper” TV series the Magnolia line of fashion and design goods and their forthcoming Magnolia TV network After escaping for three weeks to Patagonia with his brother, he returned for another stint of work before heading to Lake Sonoma, California, in early March for a training trip in preparation for the Lake Sonoma 50 and another hope for a Golden Ticket the following month. Upon arriving, he ran the Way Too Cool 50K in a blistering 3:21:16 while finishing runner-up just three minutes behind winner Darren Thomas the coronavirus pandemic shut the country down the April 11 Lake Sonoma race was canceled and soon most other races were too he set new FKTs on the Crater Rim Trail in Oregon and the Wind Caves Loop in Utah He finally went back to Texas to pick up his decked-out van recently and started plotting more FKTs Luna-Lima ripped off an amazing 2:46:22 effort “The FKT scene has been crazy this summer,” Grunewald said “… There are no easy days in FKT-ing Sometimes you think there are some easier ones but you’ve always got to go hard because every trail is different and you never know what to expect once you get out there.” Grunewald said his favorite FKT experience was the first one he set on the Kalalau Trail on the Hawaiian island of Kauai try to set the new women’s supported FKT and pre-ran the course several times before assisting her on her way to her 4:47:30 FKT bad cramps and vomiting while supporting Basham and bonked badly he resorted to throwing his handheld water bottle into a tree to knock oranges to the ground and hobbled back to the trailhead But Grunewald recovered and a few days later ran the 20-mile out-and-back route on his own in 3:43:58 taking 14 minutes off Ryan Atkins’ previous unsupported FKT it was one of those perfect days that you get on a race day and everything just clicks and I felt great,” he said so even the sights were beautiful that day.” Grunewald is signed up for the Run Rabbit Run 100 on Sept but he is considering an FKT attempt on a longer trail “I’ve had a few wrong turns and some challenges but I’ve had some great experiences and it’s been a lot of fun so far,” he says Justin Grunewald has kept his followers in the loop while Gabe valiantly fought salivary gland and thyroid cancer for the past ten years