Has raised nearly $190,000 for MS research
“No. 29 is in the books,” Jennifer Schubert-Akin said of her running the Boston Marathon Monday. At age 65, her time was 4:05:59 – her fastest time since 2016. As a member of the Boston Marathon Quarter Century Club (for running the race 25 consecutive years) she doesn't even have to qualify to run the race within a certain time as required for runners – yet she does.
She described the weather in Boston as “in the 50s with rain on and off, plus sea breeze that made for a head wind. Not ideal, but not the worst either.”
Jennifer is my sister, a 1975 graduate of Burlington High School who resides in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with her husband Rick.
Beginning with the 1995 Boston Marathon and continuing through the 2022 Boston Marathon, "Jennifer's Run to Defeat MS" has raised over $175,000 for the National MS Society. Her fundraising efforts for the race this year total $13,500 so far.
Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating neurological disease that I've had since about age 25. It's not a pretty disease as it progresses – restricting your ability to walk and many other ugly health issues. At the request of Jennifer and me (and lots of paperwork), the National MS Society has provided some financial assistance toward the purchase of needed equipment.
Your donations go for further research to find medicines that help stop progression and ultimately a cure. Many of those drugs really work for people in the earliest stages of MS, the relapsing/remitting type. When I was diagnosed in 1988, there were no such drugs. That is proof your donations work and are crucial to stop this crippling disease for future generations.
As Jennifer always says, “Please give generously ... it beats running 26.2 miles, doesn't it?
Donate several ways. Make a check to the National MS Society and mail to Schubert-Akin at P.O. Box 883037, Steamboat Springs, Colo. 80488; Or go to her Facebook page and see the link to donate online.
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