LIFE GETS IN THE WAY: POWERING THROUGH ADVERSITY WITH GRIT & GRACE TO BE RELEASED HOLIDAY 2020

Sally Kalksma

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Three of the most powerful words in the English language are “you have cancer”. When a doctor tells you this it doesn’t mean you have a death sentence. You can still live a very fulfilling life. Watch my vlog with Cure Magazine.

Interview with Tom Holland on his Podcast Fitness Disrupted

At the age of 47 Sally Kalksma’s world was turned upside-down: She was faced with being a widow, raising three children, going back to work full time, dealing with a recent cancer diagnosis herself, and discovering that her husband’s cancer was hereditary. Hear how Sally faced her obstacles head on, not only surviving but thriving, including becoming one of the top-ranked stair-climbing racers in the world. Prepare to be inspired by her incredible resilience, lust for life and true grit.

Jersey Shore Matters on 107.1 The Bo

Dianne DeOliveira welcomes Sally Kalksma... Ocean County mother and widow diagnosed with multiple myeloma, on how she is raising money for the MMRF and helping others going through adversity.

New York Cancer Resource Alliance

My blog, Doctor Shopping, was featured by New York Cancer Resource Alliance in 2020. Check it out!

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After losing her husband to cancer around the same time she was diagnosed with cancer herself (multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer), you might think a woman left to raise three teenagers on her own would crumble. But Sally Kalksma took her anger out on, well, stairs. She channeled her emotions into stair-climbing competitions, racing up some of the world’s most notable buildings like the Empire State and the Eiffel Tower.

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Fox News Interview 01/26/18

When Sally Kalksma, 55, lost her husband to cancer, she fought back by finding a new passion: competing as a competitive stair-climber.

“As more adversity hit my life, I would take it out on the stairs,” Kalksma told Fox 29. “I would just climb harder and harder, faster and faster.”

Philadelphia Inquirer 12/18/17

N.J. Superwoman: Beats cancer, flies up skyscraper stairs. Eiffel Tower is next

Interview with ABC 7

Sally Kalksma interviews at the Empire State Run Up event benefiting the MMRF

La Verticale de la Tour Eiffel

La Verticale de la Tour Eiffel

Empire State Building Run-Up 2019

ABC News - World News Tonight did a story on the Empire State Building Run-Up, and caught up with me for an interview before the race. I was happy to raise awareness & much need funds for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation through this event, because to me the ESBRU isn’t just about running up the most iconic building in the world, but it’s also very personal:

Preston & Steve Interview 05/10/18

Sally Kalksma & Adam McIlwain on WMMR's Preston & Steve show promoting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Big Climb Philly

92.7 wobm Interview 02/04/14

Sally Kalksma of Pine Beach and her 21-year-old daughter Dana will compete against one another in the Empire State Building Run-Up Wednesday night, Feb. 5, to raise money for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

Read More: Ocean County Mother and Daughter Race to Raise Cancer Funding | https://wobm.com/ocean-county-mother-and-daughter-race-to-raise-cancer-funding/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

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Three of the most powerful words in the English language are “you have cancer”. When a doctor tells you this it doesn’t mean you have a death sentence. You can still live a very fulfilling life. Watch my vlog with Cure Magazine.

Interview with Tom Holland on his Podcast Fitness Disrupted

At the age of 47 Sally Kalksma’s world was turned upside-down: She was faced with being a widow, raising three children, going back to work full time, dealing with a recent cancer diagnosis herself, and discovering that her husband’s cancer was hereditary. Hear how Sally faced her obstacles head on, not only surviving but thriving, including becoming one of the top-ranked stair-climbing racers in the world. Prepare to be inspired by her incredible resilience, lust for life and true grit.

Jersey Shore Matters on 107.1 The Bo

Dianne DeOliveira welcomes Sally Kalksma... Ocean County mother and widow diagnosed with multiple myeloma, on how she is raising money for the MMRF and helping others going through adversity.

New York Cancer Resource Alliance

My blog, Doctor Shopping, was featured by New York Cancer Resource Alliance in 2020. Check it out!

today_300x250

Find out what advice Kalksma would g

After losing her husband to cancer around the same time she was diagnosed with cancer herself (multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer), you might think a woman left to raise three teenagers on her own would crumble. But Sally Kalksma took her anger out on, well, stairs. She channeled her emotions into stair-climbing competitions, racing up some of the world’s most notable buildings like the Empire State and the Eiffel Tower.

aljazeera_300x250

Fox News Interview 01/26/18

When Sally Kalksma, 55, lost her husband to cancer, she fought back by finding a new passion: competing as a competitive stair-climber.

“As more adversity hit my life, I would take it out on the stairs,” Kalksma told Fox 29. “I would just climb harder and harder, faster and faster.”

Philadelphia Inquirer 12/18/17

N.J. Superwoman: Beats cancer, flies up skyscraper stairs. Eiffel Tower is next

Interview with ABC 7

Sally Kalksma interviews at the Empire State Run Up event benefiting the MMRF

La Verticale de la Tour Eiffel

La Verticale de la Tour Eiffel

Empire State Building Run-Up 2019

ABC News - World News Tonight did a story on the Empire State Building Run-Up, and caught up with me for an interview before the race. I was happy to raise awareness & much need funds for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation through this event, because to me the ESBRU isn’t just about running up the most iconic building in the world, but it’s also very personal:

Preston & Steve Interview 05/10/18

Sally Kalksma & Adam McIlwain on WMMR's Preston & Steve show promoting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Big Climb Philly

92.7 wobm Interview 02/04/14

Sally Kalksma of Pine Beach and her 21-year-old daughter Dana will compete against one another in the Empire State Building Run-Up Wednesday night, Feb. 5, to raise money for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

Read More: Ocean County Mother and Daughter Race to Raise Cancer Funding | https://wobm.com/ocean-county-mother-and-daughter-race-to-raise-cancer-funding/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

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Find out what advice Kalksma would g

After losing her husband to cancer around the same time she was diagnosed with cancer herself (multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer), you might think a woman left to raise three teenagers on her own would crumble. But Sally Kalksma took her anger out on, well, stairs. She channeled her emotions into stair-climbing competitions, racing up some of the world’s most notable buildings like the Empire State and the Eiffel Tower.