Gretchen Hercamp and I met at the Carmel Marathon expo last year in Carmel, IN. Little did I know what Gretchen had been through...

During this episode, sponsored by Amazfit and Relay Active, we talk about:

• Two brain surgeries in two years and three marathons 

• How she discovered she had a brain tumor in the first place

• Her twin sister, Bridgett

• How running is peppered throughout her life starting in high school

• Running the Indy Mini for the first time in 2014 but not running another half marathon until after her son was born in 2019

• Running her first marathon at Monumental in 2023 only nine months after her first brain surgery 

• Her Carlton Ray story (Carlton is the Founder of the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon)

• Using running as a way to work through her childhood trauma 

• Discovering the regrowth of her tumor 

• Running the “Indianapolis Triple Crown” after her second brain surgery 

• Growing up poor 

• Why the Monroe County YMCA Corporate Challenge is so significant to her

• Plans for 2026

  
  

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