Articles tagged with 'Marathon' | Checkup Newsroom

There's a new record holder at Cook Children's Medical Center. Nine-year-old Gabriel completed an ULTRA Marathon Tuesday, which is 52.6 miles. For the past six months, Gabriel has tracked the number of laps he's walked around the hematology/oncology ...

Walking into 13-year-old Joey Belles’ hospital room, it’s hard to miss the abundance of sloths. There are stuffed sloths on tables and sloth stickers on the walls. The sloth is Joey’s spirit animal, though you wouldn’t know it by looking at him now. ...

Before it was canceled, Jonathan was one of more than 8,000 kids scheduled to compete in the Cook Children's 5K on Feb. 28. The race didn't happen, but we hope you enjoy the story of this young, inspiring runner. ...