( KTLA ) — An avid runner and TikTok creator died Sunday after completing Disneyland’s Halloween Half Marathon amid a heat wave in Southern California .
Around 7 a.m. Sunday, 35-year-old Bobby Graves, who went by his middle name Caleb, crossed the finish line while clutching his chest. A volunteer caught him before he collapsed, Anaheim Police Sgt. Matt Sutter told the Los Angeles Times.
In a TikTok video posted one day before his death , Graves recounted passing out from heat exhaustion after going outside to walk his dog. “I really hope I get through the race tomorrow morning,” he said at the end of the clip.
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Sutter told the Times that Graves had no known medical conditions before his unexpected death; the coroner’s office is still investigating the cause of his cardiac arrest.
Graves, an experienced long-distance runner, completed Disney World’s full marathon and half-marathon races in 2024 and 2023.