Human to Hero, entitled so by CNN

[gale_storm]

This Danish woman who has been stuck with MS has nonetheless run 366 marathons in one year. One per day, plus one, for a full year.

Of course, everyone's disease is different, but this makes me wonder whether I could even run part of a marathon... without any walls to cling to... without a wheelie walker... with only my legs and feet and shoes and

Comments

[crankst_girl]

Wow, that's amazing. :)

I was pretty fit BC (before crippledom) as I cycled about 80 miles a week and walked everywhere. I was pretty outdoorsy - rambling, camping, dog walking, festivals etc. The hardest thing to live with, I find, is being trapped indoors most of the time. The part of me that's nourished by nature is shrivelled and blackened. Roll on the summer. :)

[sammason]

Oh yes, that is how it feels. I go for days at a time now without leaving the house, hardly even knowing what the weather's like. Here's a photo of me in my rambling past (userpic).

[gale_storm]

Oh, yes, I understand that well. 'Weather? What's that? Whether to or from? Whether inside or outside?'