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The 2025 Festival of Miles Athlete in Need is Larry Stone. Larry is an avid runner in the St. Louis community and a member of the St. Louis Track Club – an organization that has been supporting Festival of Miles since the beginning. Larry has attended Festival of Miles the last six years as well. Unfortunately, Larry suffered a severe Middle Cerebral Artery stroke in July 2024. He spent 28 days undergoing intensive stroke rehabilitation at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in Chicago as well as outpatient rehabilitation at SSM Day Institute in Kirkwood. In October 2024, Larry was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic prostate cancer, for which he is also receiving treatment.  As a result of these two health issues, Larry has faced large medical bills while continuing to experience residual left sided weakness in addition to some cognitive and emotional deficits. With a long and difficult journey ahead, Festival of Miles is proud to support a special human to whom running has meant so much. We know the running and Festival of Miles community will rally around Larry in this time of need.