Marine veteran to run 450th marathon despite recent cancer treatment: ‘For the wounded warriors’
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Marine Corps veteran Hank Donigan aims to run 50 marathons in 2023 to raise money for wounded warriors through the Semper Fi & America's Fund, while also battling cancer.
The longtime Marine, based in San Diego, will meet this milestone on Dec. 31 at the Across the Years multi-day running event in Phoenix, Arizona. Donigan, pictured with his family, described himself as a "goal-setter." (Semper Fi & America's Fund) Donigan is shown with his daughter Hayley and son Thomas at the start of the London 2 Brighton 100K Ultra Marathon, May 2017. (Semper Fi & America's Fund) Maj. Hank Donigan returns home to his son, Thomas, after the Gulf War in March 1991. (Semper Fi & America's Fund) Donigan and his wife, Naoko, are pictured on their wedding day in 2003. (Semper Fi & America's Fund) Angelica Stabile is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital.
While this is an astounding feat on its own, Donigan will be tackling the run just three weeks following brain cancer treatment and five months after having brain surgery.