Bachelor Nation’s Joe Amabile has his sights set on the New York City Marathon after his upcoming surgery to remove a brain tumor.<\/p>\n
In an Instagram Story shared on Tuesday, July 28, Amabile, 40, posted a screenshot confirming his registration for the 2026 New York City Marathon, which will take place on Nov. 1. The reality star previously completed the race in both 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n
“We’ll see,” he wrote, adding a crossed-fingers emoji<\/a>.<\/p>\n On July 13, Amabile revealed that doctors had discovered what appears to be an early-stage brain tumor after he underwent a Prenuvo scan, a proactive full-body MRI.<\/p>\n “So a little medical update. I didn’t share my Prenuvo results because they ended up finding a lesion in my brain,” Amabile said in a video<\/a> shared to his Instagram. “So then I had to go get a brain MRI, and there was a blueberry-sized lesion in my brain that looks to be a glioma, which is a tumor.”<\/p>\n RELATED: Bachelor Nation’s Joe Amabile Reveals He’s Undergoing Surgery for Brain Tumor<\/a><\/p>\n He went on to explain that he would undergo a craniotomy to remove the lesion and determine whether it is cancerous.<\/p>\n “So I now need to get brain surgery to get it removed and get it tested, and then we’re gonna go from there,” Amabile continued. “So it’s been a wild couple weeks. Definitely wasn’t expecting this.”<\/p>\n “I think it’s one of those things where you’re like, ‘Oh, something like this never happened to me,’ and here I am,” he added. “They say it’s really early stages. I hope they are able to get it all, and I’m fine. But I will keep you updated.”<\/p>\n Amabile is married to fellow Bachelor alum Serena Pitt, whom he met while filming Season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise<\/a> in 2021. The couple tied the knot in an intimate courthouse ceremony in New York City in October<\/a> 2022 before celebrating with a larger wedding in Charleston, South Carolina, the following year.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf39 SIGN UP for our The Bachelor newsletter to stay up to date on the latest Bachelor Nation news, exclusive interviews, episode recaps & more<\/a> \ud83c\udf39<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Jul 28, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n