Health & wellness
BY DACIA GARCIA
Local run club o ers healing community Austin running club Good Grief has o ered solace in staying active while handling grief. The inspiration The club was founded by Samantha Hendel, who received news in 2022 of her mother’s lung cancer diagnosis her father’s colon cancer. To cope, Hendel started running in addition to going to therapy. She recognized the gap in running clubs for runners who use the activity for mental health or to cope with grief, and hosted her rst meetup in May 2024. About 20 people showed up. Today, the group averages 100 people. “Good Grief gave me a community of people that just understood me on a deeper level and helped me cope with grief in a di erent way,” Hendel said.
The running club averages 100 attendees at its Austin group.
PHOTOS COURTESY GOOD GRIEF
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Every Monday, 7 a.m. Noble Joe Co ee Co., South Shore Eatery, 1620 E. Riverside Drive, Austin www.goodgriefrunning.com
The group as founded by Austin local Samantha Hendel who hosted the rst meetup in May 2024.
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