This year, Ashley Kumlien, will be running across the U.S. to raise money and awareness of MS. MS Run The US is a website all about raising awareness and donations towards the fight and cure of Multiple Sclerosis. Ashley’s mother has been battling MS for over 26 years and this run is a tribute to her fight and all those like her that are battling this disease. Ashley is going to run 20 - 30 miles A DAY, 6 days a week for 6 months. Wow. Along the way, she is coming through Denver and I may be lucky enough to run with her when she does. She should be here sometime in the beginning of June and she has asked me if I would run with her when she does. Check out her website at http://www.msruntheus.com/index.html and see what an amazing lady she is. I’m sure she get’s it from her mother.
I was diagnosed with MS about 6 years ago and I am one of the lucky ones. I don't have too many problems associated with it, and the disease has actually slowed down. I took up running 4 years ago just to see if I could do it. So far I've run 4 marathons in 2 years and 12 half marathons.