A Ponta Vedra Beach woman is running in an inaugural Georgia half-marathon in mid-November.

Robyn Carr is not only doing it because she loves running. She is paying tribute to someone dear to her heart.

Carr has a passion for running and is competing in a half-marathon in Savannah’s downtown historic district on Nov. 15.

“It was something that was an outlet for me,” she said. “Being able to have that strength and ability to run, to be healthy, and have a full life after is a really important message for people who are fighting cancer.”

Carr is familiar with cancer battles. She is a breast cancer survivor after being diagnosed in 2015.

“It is realizing after having going through six months of chemotherapy, six weeks of radiation, multiple surgeries and then after being on an oral chemo

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