In all the chaos, running brought peace for Michael Sickler , a two-time cancer survivor who lost his parents to the disease.

He put on some heavy metal and listened to his favorite songs over and over while training at Neptune Beach, first stopping to admire the sunrise.

At the start of the year, Sickler was too ill to run.

Now, on Saturday, Sickler will test himself in Saturday’s Wild Florida 50K .

Sickler envisions the finish line and thinks about how much his legs will hurt at the end.

“I love it. I can’t wait,” said the 31-year-old Jacksonville resident who works as a Trulieve project manager for the dispensary .

Sickler, who grew up in Tallahassee, was heading into his senior year of high school when the wrestler and soccer player underwent a routine annual physical.

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