How Trail Running Led Me to an Unexpected Ally on OnlyFans—And How They’re Fueling My Fight Against Cancer
Ever wondered what it takes to run 100 miles through rugged mountain trails? I mean, most folks dream about a marathon, but 100 miles? That’s a whole different beast — and for one woman, it was just the beginning of a story that twists way beyond the usual finish line. Growing up looping seven miles around her small hometown and then diving headfirst into ultramarathons with barely any experience, she found the thrill of trail running was only half the story. What happens when passion clashes with the harsh realities of sponsorship struggles and, unexpectedly, a life-altering cancer diagnosis? This isn’t just about endurance on the trails; it’s a raw journey through perseverance, unexpected partnerships, and battling the unthinkable. Strap in — it’s one heck of a run. LEARN MORE
8 min readI‘VE ALWAYS LOVED TO RUN. Growing up in the small farming community of Onalaska, Washington, I’d loop the seven miles of country road surrounding my childhood home. In my 20s, I moved to Breckenridge, Colorado, where I traded pavement for wooded trails. Inspired by the new scenery, I entered the Leadville Trail 100, an ultramarathon in the Rocky Mountains. I did this despite having run only a handful of road half-marathons and marathons. The race entry is determined by lottery, so I figured I had plenty of time to train. I’ll run a hundred miles by the time I’m 40, I thought. The very first year I put my name in, it got drawn. I was 25 years old when I attempted my first 100-miler in 2015.
I made it to mile 87 and timed out. But that experience sparked something in me: I’m going to come back next year, and I’m going to do this right.
When my name was drawn again in 2016, I dedicated that entire summer to training. I completed the race in 22:30:30, earning fourth place for the women. I was ecstatic. That finish eventually led to sponsorships and becoming a competitive athlete in the sport.
But I’d quickly learn as my career continued on that making a living from trail running would be challenging—and I’d need to seek a new kind of sponsorship to make it happen.
In a sport where even elite performance rarely pays, I found the backing I needed in an unexpected place: OnlyFans.
Most people have the idea that being a professional athlete is glamorous because you see the idealized version of team sports while watching the NBA or NFL. Trail running is still extremely grassroots.
Some people have coaches and some don’t. On its surface, running doesn’t seem like an expensive sport, but in addition to potentially paying a coach, there are also travel costs to factor in. All these races are in really beautiful parts of the world—for obvious reasons, those are where the mountains are—so it’s not super-cheap to travel. Complicating matters further: There aren’t significant purses (a.k.a. prizes) in trail running. The highest purses in the world—Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (UTMB) in Chamonix, France, and Run Rabbit Run in Steamboat Springs, Colorado—only pay around $20,000, with one-third of that going to taxes.
Because the sport is so individualized and not often televised, the sponsorship levels haven’t reached what they are in other sports. I don’t want to say we do it for the love of the sport, because that sounds corny, but in essence, that’s what we’re doing. So when we can find somebody that will support that with us—whether that’s nutrition companies or sock companies—we’re so happy to have that.
In the last 10 years, the sport has been moving from those traditional sorts of individual sponsors—like socks and nutrition—into more of a footwear sponsorship model. All these footwear companies are building teams of athletes, and we’ve seen a lot of success through that. But now we’re starting to enter the period of non-endemic sponsors, which is great for runners because you can pick the gear you love without having to be committed to wearing only the sponsor’s gear. Because no brand does all of the gear perfectly, from packs to shorts to shirts to shoes. Shoes especially are so individualized for the runner.
The benefits of this type of sponsorship model is what inspired me to become an OnlyFans athlete.
I’d known about OnlyFans for a while and had contemplated starting my own account, but I thought that if I did, it could rock the boat a bit with my sponsor at the time, Adidas. A lot of people don’t understand what OnlyFans is. They think it’s all risqué content, but it’s really a social media outlet where you can post whatever you want. It can be PG-rated or not, and that’s the freedom of the platform. Other social media platforms often regulate women’s bodies, but not men’s bodies. A male athlete can be pictured running across a mountain completely topless, and it’s not going to be flagged. A female doing the exact same thing is going to get banned from the platform.
That less-censored nature of OnlyFans really piqued my interest. Then, last fall, I was looking for a new sponsor, and my sports agent brought up OnlyFans. I wasn’t entirely familiar with their athlete program, which I learned supported hundreds of professionals across various sports, including soccer, golf, surfing, and more, with each sponsorship tailored to the unique needs of the athlete. I was so stoked to hear about the program and have those conversations to see if they wanted to sign me.
My agent and I discussed it, and we thought it’d be a really good move for me as an athlete. I was honestly, more than anything, just excited to step into this new avenue. I thought it could open the door for so many more athletes in the sport to not feel limited to shoe companies; there were other options out there.
I signed on with OnlyFans and announced our partnership in March 2025.
I was surprised and delighted by how welcoming the athlete community was.
It was much different than I had anticipated. With OnlyFans, everybody wants to be there. They community of athletes is happy that you are there, and they want to interact with you in ways that are positive.
When I thought about how to approach what I posted on the platform, I found inspiration in the Sports Illustrated Body Issue, which empowers women and celebrates their athleticism. I didn’t want my feed to be overtly sexual, but nudity has never been something I’m scared of. I’ve worked really hard to get my body into a form that can run 100 miles and do it well, and I have no shyness showing that as long as I have control over it. I wanted to show the spectrum of everyday training shots to beautiful running photos.
Everything in my trail running career felt like it was headed in the right direction. That is, until I received a diagnosis in the late spring that completely changed my trajectory.
But just as I began celebrating my body through OnlyFans, a life-changing diagnosis reminded me how little control I really had.
In mid-March, I had just announced my partnership with OnlyFans and was training for my first race as an OnlyFans athlete—the Valholl Fin Del Mundo by UTMB in Argentina—during which I’d get to show off my new branded kit for the first time. But a hamstring issue popped up very acutely out of nowhere. It happened just days before the race, and it wasn’t worth my going to Argentina to race with this injury, so I dropped out. I picked another race in May—Trail Alsace by UTMB in France—and as I was training for that one I noticed some strange changes to my body, namely I had to go pee every mile, which as an ultramarathoner, you just can’t do. I thought I had a bacterial infection.
I went to the doctor to get antibiotics, but they insisted on doing an ultrasound and some blood work. It’s good they did: They found a pretty large mass—12 centimeters by 12 centimeters by three centimeters—on my left ovary. Looking back, I think that the left side of my body was so tense that the pressure caused the hamstring issue. Doctors weren’t sure what the mass was at first, but they told me it was benign. When it was removed and tested, it came back as stage one ovarian cancer. The doctors said I had some time, but at some point, I would need a hysterectomy.
Sabrina shows her distended stomach two days post surgery to remove her uterus, right ovary, cervix and lymph nodes).
I had surgery to remove my cervix and uterus on July 1. We thought I was in the clear after the operation, but then the pathology came back as potential stage three. For the first time, doctors told me I would need to have chemotherapy. Up until then, chemo was never really an option, or they didn’t think it was necessary. I started chemo on August 1 and will do it every three weeks through mid-November. Then, hopefully, I should be in the clear.
For me, the whole experience has felt like something out of a movie—it’s like you’re watching it in the third person. This isn’t my life. I don’t get cancer at 35. I don’t have to stop my running career for X amount of time. I thought I would be able to train while receiving treatment, but it’s not realistic to do so. Racing either. If you push your body too far, then you’re introducing the potential of getting a cold or the flu. I’ve been told that it’s much harder to recover from those when you’re getting chemo.
As someone who processes their emotions by running, I keep asking myself, how do I process them now when I can’t exercise to the level I’m used to? So far, hysterically crying often seems to work. Humor too. There have been a lot of cancer jokes, and none of them have landed, but we laugh about it and the absurdity of the entire situation as much as we can. Getting out of the house and going on short hikes makes a difference too, as well as not bottling everything up and talking to my partner about what I’m feeling.
After her first round of chemotherapy, Sabrina poses in her ice cap that circulates coolant around her scalp to prevent hair loss.
I met my partner not long before my diagnosis, and while I hadn’t decided whether I wanted kids or not, having that choice stripped from me with no alternative was hard and another thing I’ve been dealing with. I had no time to freeze my eggs before the surgery that sent me into menopause. And speaking of menopause, how will it affect my running? My cancer feeds off hormones, so I can’t do hormone replacement therapy ever. The advice I’ve received is to just deal with the side effects, whatever those are. At this point, I don’t know what is a menopause side effect versus a surgery side effect versus a chemotherapy side effect—or a blend of all three.
Sabrina posing with her partner, Tim Price, at the hospital after her second surgery.
Even through cancer, my newfound community has remained a source of support and stability.
There is a positive side to my ordeal. Whatever was in my body was probably in there for years and years. So I’m lucky I caught it when I did. Who knows how it was affecting my running and recovery post 100-milers for the last few years. Moving forward, maybe I’ll be 10 times healthier and stronger and be able to recover faster, not fighting this other enemy that I don’t even know exists.
Right now, the goals are to finish chemo (I have two sessions left and my bloodwork is looking good), stay as fit as I possibly can, and start training seriously at the end of November. Come early 2026, I’ll jump into my first race back.
Sabrina stops for a photo during her second run post-full hysterectomy, one day after getting her port put in below her right collar bone.
While I wanted to share my journey, I’m very much still in the midst of it. There is a constant internal struggle over how and what I want to share on any platform, including OnlyFans. Right now, I want to focus on the present and hope to share more of my story when I can look back from a healthier place, both mentally and physically. Even so, as a sponsor, OnlyFans has been so amazing. From the day I signed with them, I’ve felt supported and free in a way that I never have with other sponsors. Since my diagnosis, that has not changed at all, and they’ve been empathetic and understanding of my situation.
Thanks to them, I have the time and space to focus on my treatment. We’re all waiting for me to get healthy and return to running and excited for that day.
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