{"id":448791,"date":"2026-09-26T21:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448791\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T21:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:48:08","slug":"san-antonio-runners-raise-75k-for-brain-cancer-research-at-head-for-the-cure-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448791\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio runners raise $75K for brain cancer research at Head for the Cure 5K"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 More than 900 runners and walkers gathered at Providence High School Saturday for the annual Head for the Cure event<\/a>, raising more than $75,000 for brain cancer research and patient support programs.<\/p>\n

KSAT has helped sponsor the race since 2014 in the fight against brain cancer and to honor late News Director Jim Boyle<\/a>. Funds raised support clinical trials and patient-family support programs that serve patients and families in the San Antonio community.<\/p>\n

For many participants, the event is more than a race \u2014 it\u2019s a personal mission.<\/p>\n

Linzie Davis and her daughter Alexza were among the hundreds who turned out to remember loved ones and reaffirm why they keep coming back year after year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means so much when you see something like this still going so strong all these years later,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n

Davis says the shared experience of loss and hope is what makes the event so meaningful.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you see year after year, so whether it\u2019s a new diagnosis or something of the past, we\u2019re all here championing the same cause. And it\u2019s just beautiful to see that love and community support,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n

For Clara Hartfiel, the race is a tribute to her father.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma in 2009, the year that I was born, and he fought for 13 years, so we honor him. He passed away in 2022, but his memory still lives on through this race,\u201d Hartfiel said.<\/p>\n

Hartfiel says watching her neighbors show up in force is a powerful reminder of why finding a cure matters. She wants people to remember her father for the life he lived \u2014 not the disease he fought.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wasn\u2019t defined by this disease. He was defined by who he was as a person,\u201d Hartfiel said.<\/p>\n

Last year, nearly 1,000 runners and walkers participated in the San Antonio race, raising more than $60,000 for brain cancer research. The race has grown into a community tradition for people running in honor of family members, friends or themselves.<\/p>\n

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