<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/summer-1998/running-life.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Running for Life</title><excerpt>As he trained for the Big Sur International Marathon, Cory Reding ’97 believed he could run the 26.2 mile race in less than three hours. But the reappearance of a malignant brain tumor forced him to drop out of the marathon and, in May 1998, less than a month after brain surgery, compete in the 5K run instead.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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