Stand With Sterling

12/07/2025

Sam ran this 100k in under 16 hours, 4 hours faster than his first 100k! Thank you for the inspiration Sam!!

12/05/2025

Celebrate all victories!!
Last time I weighed myself (approximately 7 monthd ago) after a year of battling many illnesses, I weighed in at 175.00 and today I weighed in at 190.7. I am also up to 20,000-30,000 steps on my peddle machine at medium and high speed without tiring or muscle fatigue.

12/05/2025

Sam Nielsen is back at the Brazos Bend trail race—this time running the 100K on December 6–7 in honor of his good friend Sterling Lyman. Brazos Bend State Park, just south of Houston, is known for its stunning wildlife, especially its many alligators—who we hope will be active this year!
We’re also excited to welcome new LiveOn Team members. Catherine “Kate” Lynch, a cancer survivor and mother of two, is an accomplished ultrarunner with finishes at Cocodona 250 and Leadville 100. Joining the 100K as well is Mark Kaulen, whose wife Diane chairs the Houston Area Su***de Prevention Coalition.
While Sam is running to raise money for ALS research in Sterling’s name, LiveOn stands for facing any life challenge—and choosing to LiveOn!

Want to support Sterling and this amazing running team?
You can donate to his treatment costs through Sam’s hard work and training for the Brazos Bend 100K. Every mile Sam runs is for Sterling.
Venmo:

Thank you for helping Sterling and choosing to LiveOn!

11/27/2025

11/25/2025

LiveOn 100k

Sam Nielsen is back at the Brazos Bend trail race. This time instead of the 100-mile Sam will run the 100K in honor of his good friend Sterling Lyman, December 6th- 7th. Brazos Bend is a spectacular State Park located just South of Houston/Sugar Land and is most known for its abundance of birds and American Alligators among other wildlife. This is a fun trail race that hopefully this year is warm enough that the gators will participate. We also have some new LiveOn Team members to help this year. Catherine Lynch, goes by Kate, is a cancer survivor and mother of two. She is an amazing runner that has completed many ultra races including the Cocodona 250 and Leadville 100. Also participating in the 100K is Mark Kaulen. Mark’s wife Diane Kaulen is Chair leader for the Houston Area Su***de Prevention Coalition. Though Sam is running to help raise money for Sterling Lyman and find a cure for ALS we want to remind all that LiveOn represents any life challenge we may have and to LiveON!

11/19/2025

Does anyone know an anesthesiologist in Utah (or surrounding states), Las Vegas NV or Anchorage/South Central Alaska that would be willing to do a private pay lumbar puncture?
If so please message me asap! Thank You 🙏🏼

11/18/2025

Ketamine for the win!!

11/16/2025

Lost my dear friend and brother Craig Marchand to this beast called ALS.
This disease don’t pick bad people! It only chooses the best of the best and that was Craig!
Jessica Marchand, Quinn and Mya I love you, my heart goes out to you and I wish you peace, comfort and strength!
May Craig’s spirit and legacy live forever!!

10/25/2025

Sterling is a fighter and so am I! We are living our miracle, and although it's not easy, we are making it happen. Today, I am feeling a little homesick not for a home or anything like that but for the life we left behind, and for what i thought it would look like now, but that's okay. We must acknowledge our feelings, but not let them hold us back. Let's cherish our loved ones, express our love, and show it through our actions. Today, I miss the life we once knew, but ALS will not take away our happiness and joy, we will keep fighting and look forward to a bright future 💪🏼
I love you sterling with all my heart ♥️

10/21/2025

Char here, I want to share with you our journey with ALS its not always positivity even though we definitely try and we have had some incredible wins! But this disease can be overwhelming to navigate, Sterling got sick with cold and there were moments when I wanted to call 911, but he stopped me, it's been a tough few days with little sleep, so I'm feeling more emotional than usual, I believe we could use some extra prayers to help us cope with our losses, this disease can be very isolating for both the patient and the caregiver, so if you know someone with ALS, show them some compassion and grace they're just trying to make it through the challenges life throws their way, we can't work, we can't travel to see our loved ones on a whim, we can't visit friends like we used to, our dates are now drives in the car, but we're grateful for the incredible people who have shown up for us, they stop by, they help out constantly, we can't thank them enough, you know who you are, it's just that some days I wish we could be on the giving end, serving others, which was something Sterling and I always looked forward to, today I'm feeling a bit down, feeling sorry for myself and Sterling, but tomorrow I'll put on my cowgirl boots and ride that bucking horse, today I'm just feeling a bit defeated, but I know we'll get through this cold and stuff life throws at us. Im honestly just sick and tired of the feeling of loss, it’s just overwhelming snd it feels like a sucker punch to the gut. Sterling is already doing better, but man when he gets a simple cold it makes all the ALS symptoms much worse. Life just seems to hard today, 🙏🏻 praying for a good nights sleep!!!! And maybe a cure for ALS!