3rd Annual Elise Midili Breast Cancer Battle & Brewery 5k

A Letter From Elise:

December 2020
I rang the bell for the first time back in December after my 6th and final round of chemo. To be honest, I mostly did it for my husband who couldn’t be there because of COVID. He wanted me to ring it because he was proud of me and he had seen how hard I struggled so I had the nurses take a video for him to see. But at that time I was weak, exhausted and defeated both physically and emotionally. It took weeks before I even started to feel better. I remember going home that day and crying because I wanted to feel like it was “over” but it wasn’t. Besides the chemo knocking me down, I still had to get through my double mastectomy.

The physical and emotional recovery of that was another huge mountain to climb. We also had to wait until surgery was complete before we found out what my body’s response to chemo was (it was great - thank God for science.) The need for radiation was also to be determined at that time depending on surgery pathology results. I still needed to complete a full year of targeted therapy infusions every 3 weeks. So, in December of 2020 it felt like I was only halfway there - if that.

September 2021
On September 9th, I officially finished my treatment and I rang the bell again with Mike by my side (I tried to tell him to save his vacation day for something fun but he refused ). We closed this chapter together. This time I feel truly proud of everything I have overcome. I am still healing but feel more and more like myself as each day passes. I couldn’t have done it without the support of my friends and family and of course my amazing team of doctors and nurses at Penn who took care of me like I was a member of their family. I will forever be grateful for everyone that took time out of their day to check in on me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope someone sees me ringing this bell and knows they too can get there even if it seems like the day will never come. You are so much stronger than you know.

Amenities

-Quality tee shirts
-Live music from 10:30am - 12:30pm
-Post race refreshments - One free beer for those over 21
-Refreshments included
-Smoothies
-Beer will also be available for purchase with cash or credit card
-Food trucks on site
-Goodie bags

Race Time
9:00 am- Registration opens
10:00 am- Race start

Location

Midnight Oil Brewery
674 Pencader Drive
Newark, DE 19702
Directions

Sponsors
Team Endrich Real Estate
Midnight Oil Brewery
races2run

Course
USATF certified fast flat out and back starting and finishing at Midnight Oil Brewery

Course map

NOTICE: No dogs allowed due to insurance liability. Bibs are non-transferable. Please reference our policies page for more details.

Awards

-Awards to overall male/female winner ($20 gift card)
-Awards to overall male/female masters ($20 gift card)
-Awards to top 3 male/female in 10 year age groups 13 & under through 70 & over
-Awards to top male/female walkers
-Largest team gets $50 Midnight Oil gift card

Timing

R2R Timing will chip time using the MYLAPS BibTag Timing System

Results

They will be posted online during the race and final results will be posted once the race is complete.

Photos

Photos will be posted on Races2Run Facebook page following the event.