#22. Fitz Koehler - From the Finish Line to Remission: The Triumph of a Cancer-Beating Race Announcer, Author of "My Noisy Cancer Comeback"

Fitz Koehler is among America's most prominent and compelling fitness experts and race announcers. With a Master’s Degree in Exercise and Sport Sciences and decades of experience teaching fitness worldwide, Fitz has helped countless people live better and longer by making fitness understandable, attainable, and fun. She has spent decades building her brand and business, FITZNESS, and has earned global reach and financial freedom. Her mission to help others live better and longer never changes, but her tactics frequently do.

Fitz is the author of multiple books, including the Cancer Comeback Series, which includes:

My Noisy Cancer Comeback: Running at the Mouth, While Running for My Life

Your Healthy Cancer Comeback: Sick to Strong

Healthy Cancer Comeback Journal

In 2019, Fitz was diagnosed with breast cancer, and her healthy and athletic body was brutalized by 15 months of chemotherapy, radiation, and surgeries. Instead of shutting down, she turned the volume up on her career. She also strategically orchestrated her own healthy cancer comeback from sick, scrawny, and weak to a strong Boston Marathon finisher. Her memoir My Noisy Cancer Comeback: Running at the Mouth, While Running for My Life was released in 2020 and has been a massive source of motivation for those facing hardships of all sorts. Fitz shares inspirational lessons from her cancer-crushing whirlwind in her keynote presentations, convincing global audiences that they “can do hard things,” too.

As the voice of the Los Angeles Marathon, Buffalo Marathon, Big Sur Marathon, Detroit Free Press Marathon, DC Super Hero Series, and more, Fitz brings big structure, energy, and joy to sports. She has appeared on many national media outlets, hosts a popular podcast, The Fitzness Show, and has performed as a speaker and spokesperson for corporations like Disney®, Oakley®, Tropicana®, and Office Depot®. Fitz’s successful school running/walking program, The Morning Mile®, has inspired millions of children, their families, and teachers to get moving in the mornings.

Fitz's website:

www.fitzness.com

Fitz's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/fitzness/

Morning Mile:

https://www.fitzness.com/blog/the-morning-mile/

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