This past June 24th, a group of exceptional women set out on a 5k run in support of their very good friend Cheryl.  They stood out from the crowd of 4000 runners enough to make the evening news here in Seattle.  This week, we're remembering Cheryl and celebrating her life.  Please take a moment to enjoy these words and pictures. 

If you'd like to have a copy of the pictures and videos, click here for a zip file.  Be patient  - it's a 21M file and you're copying from our slow upstream DSL connection.

Watch the interviews on the news here.

Here are some images captured from the video.  Click on the thumbnails to see the full 640x480 images :

all-babes-1.jpg (204073 bytes) The babes lined up for the camera, panning left.
all-babes-2.jpg (212413 bytes) The babes lined up for the camera, panning right
cheryl-interviewed-3.jpg (184985 bytes) Cheryl telling us "it's all about attitude".
cheryl-ursula-4.jpg (193075 bytes) Cheryl and Ursula #1
cheryl-ursula-8.jpg (188873 bytes) Cheryl and Ursula #2
cheryl-ursula-11.jpg (185802 bytes) Cheryl and Ursula #3

 

Here's the story as it appeared on the KING 5 website :

 
 
Thousands compete in Terry Fox Run
June 24, 2001, 07:15 PM
 
SEATTLE – Most of us find it difficult to motivate ourselves into a regular exercise program.

Even fewer still are strong enough to finish a 5K run.

That's what makes many of these runners simply incredible. After battling chemotherapy and, in some cases, losing limbs and organs, they still found the strength to not only get out of bed, but to run in the Terry Fox Run on Sunday morning.

"It's all about an attitude and about friends making it work," says Cheryl Germany, the ringleader of the ladies in leopard skin, and just one of many extraordinary stories in the crowd.

She now has only one lung and is still battling cancer, but with her friends spurring her on - she finished.

"Everything … they've helped me with everything I need, they give me rides to the hospital, they clean my apartment, they make me feel really special,” says Cheryl.

"When I look at her and I think about the problems in my life, I think this is nothing ... this is someone that is fighting for her life and she is still interested in our life, saying what's going on, how you doin.’ It's just a wonderful inspiration ... someone I'd like to be like," says friend Ursula Jackson.

Blue hats denote cancer survivors, yellow patches are in tribute of those battling cancer.

But the most inspirational vision present at the Terry Fox Run was the triumph of spirit, repeating itself over and over again with every pair of feet that crossed the finish line.

The Terry Fox Shore Run benefited the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

After the race, participants and their families enjoyed a party in Madison Park, complete with free food and music.