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Julie Mizraji, who is living with metastatic breast cancer, ran her half-marathon birthday race with a little help from her friends.

Julie Mizraji is the intramural sports coordinator at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. She has metastatic breast cancer.

I thought of all the people I had lost that I was running for. I thought of the people going through treatment I was running for.

They say cancer is a full-time job. They also say that about marathon training.

I’ll never forget that first run after my double mastectomy. That was one of the most beautiful days I’ve ever known.