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10/05/2026

Amsterdam 🇳🇱 🌷 ❤️

09/27/2026

Berlin Marathon ✔️Berlin is my 5th Abbott World Marathon Major since my kidney transplant in 2024. Marathons suck, but I want to show what’s possible after someone decides to become a kidney donor and give me/us our lives back. In many cases kidney donors save our lives. Visit NKF Serving New England to learn more about becoming a kidney donor. If you don’t know anyone suffering from end stage renal disease (ERSD) you can become an altruistic donor to someone in need.

After Berlin the only marathon remaining, from the original six stars, is Tokyo. No kidney recipient from the U.S. (only one other in the world ) has earned six stars. It’s only possible because of my kidney donor, Jorge Jorge Rosales Gracias mi amigo!

Thank you to my number one fan, and my favorite human Bridget Bridget for getting me to and through today with her exclusive bottle (water, not booze) service. As a kidney transplant recipient you have to be very careful of the water you drink, and do not get dehydrated. Bridget kept me fully hydrated. I couldn’t have done any of this life without you. ❤️ you 🐝

Thank you to for helping me accomplish this goal of mine. And thank you to my team Stride for Stride for always cheering me on and tracking me from Boston.

For information about kidney disease, kidney transplant, or to read my story visit Kidney.org and
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09/26/2026

Oh Berlin! Berlin 5K today. Berlin Marathon tomorrow. My 5th Abbott World Marathon Major since my kidney transplant two years ago.

09/15/2026

A perfect [almost] fall day for a run through the city of Boston.

09/11/2026

September 11, 2001: 25 Years Later

09/10/2026

Walking Boston: Lyrik

Walking Boston: Lyrik

Walking Boston: Bridge in the Fens

Walking Boston: Boston Public Garden

Walking Boston: Christopher Columbus Park

Walking Boston: 9/11 Memorial in the Boston Public Garden

Walking Boston: This tree in the Boston Public Garden was seeded from the 9/11 Survivor Tree at Ground Zero, and given to the City of Boston from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.

09/06/2026

Three Weeks ‘till Berlin: Berlin will be my 5th Abbott World Marathon Major since my kidney transplant in 2024. After that it’s Tokyo (hopefully) in March to become the first kidney transplant recipient from the U.S. (second in the world) to receive Six Stars. None of this would be possible without the tremendous sacrifice from my friend, my kidney donor, Jorge Rosales. Please consider becoming a kidney donor too and saving someone’s life.

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Abbott Abbott World Marathon Majors BMW BERLIN-MARATHON Tokyo Marathon Kidney Runners Tom O’Keefe

06/22/2026

Pretty in Pink. It was a beautiful day for the BAA 10K!

04/26/2026

❤️ London. Today I ran the London Marathon - my 4th World Marathon Major since my kidney transplant 2 years ago. London is beautiful, obviously, and the crowd is spectacular crowd. I’m extremely lucky to be able to experience the pain of running the London Marathon.

Thank you to for inviting me to join their team as a kidney transplant recipient. I was finished running marathons back in 2019, and then I had a kidney transplant in 2024. Now I’m determined to show that kidney recipients can earn 6 Stars - two more to go! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

As always, I couldn’t have done this without my love, Thank you for everything.

Why I Run is available at TomOkeefe.com

04/10/2026

My new book, Why I Run, arrived today. I’m very proud of this book. In it I get incredibly personal about life experiences, failing at a few startups, starting Bostontweet, starting Stride for Stride, my kidney transplant in 2024, and running four World Marathon Majors since then. I would love for you to read it and let me know what you think.

You can read buy the book at TomOKeefe.com

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From Why I Run:

I’ve scoured the internet trying to find another example of a kidney donor and his/her recipient running a marathon together. I couldn’t find any previous occurrence in the United States. Never had it previously happened in the NYC Marathon, the Boston Marathon, the Chicago Marathon or any other World Marathon Major. The only other occurrence throughout the world, in which a kidney recipient ran a marathon with his donor, was a year earlier (2023) in Israel.

What Jorge and I accomplished is extremely rare, and it will not be our last marathon together.

Additionally, as far as I’ve been able to discover, no other kidney recipient has ever run a marathon within ten months of their transplant. I went into my transplant in tremendous shape, which allowed me to recover quickly—quick enough to become the first kidney recipient to run a marathon so soon after surgery.

I didn’t run NYC to be the first. I ran because running is my recovery, both physically and mentally. Running is social, and solitary. Running is fun, and exhausting. Running can be joyful and awful at the same time. Running pushes the limits of what you thought your body was capable of. Running leaves you in awe, and in pain.

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