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Show Transcript THAT LINGERS INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND. THEO: THE ANNUAL UMMS MARYLAND HALF MARATHON AND 5K ARE COMING UP. ALL TO BENEFIT THE GREENBAUM COMPREHENSIVE CANCER RESEARCH CENTER. JOINING US THIS MORNING TO TALK BIT, THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE RACE, MICHAEL GREENBAUM. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THIS IS THE 13TH YEAR OF THE EVENT. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO START THE HALF MARATHON TRADITION. GOOD MORNING, THEO. AND HAPPY EASTER. THEO: THANK YOU. RUNNING IS A PASSION. OF COURSE, THE GREENBAUM CANCER CENTER HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. AND I JUST DECIDED THIS IS A GREAT WAY OF COMBINING THOSE TWO PASSIONS. AND 13 YEARS AGO, IT S HARD TO BELIEVE, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO START A HALF MARATHON AND RAISE SIGNIFICANT FNDS FOR RESEARCH AT THE GREENBAUM CANCER CENTER, WHICH BENEFITS ALL MARYLANDERS AND OVER THAT TIME PERIOD, WE VE RAISED OVER $4 MILLION. THEO: THAT S AMAZING. THAT S AWESOME. TELL U