50-state marathon runner stops in N.M.
Despite incurable cancer, man runs in dozens of marathons
Published 10:02 AM MDT Oct 21, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –
A Minnesota man diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer is on the run of his life as tries to run 50 marathons in 50 states.
Action 7 News reporter Tanya Mendis spoke with Don Wright on Sunday about his drive to keep running no matter what.
Wright said he was diagnosed with myeloma at 62. Nine years later, the 71-year-old has run marathons in 48 states.
Wright said he hopes to make New Mexico his 49th state.
“When I run, to be honest, I feel like I’m poking that cancer right in the eye,” Wright said.
So far he has run 69 marathons in 48 states.
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“I’d like people to be healthy and think healthy and if I’m an inspiration, that’s all the better,” Wright said.
He said he wouldn’t been able to run more than a few miles, if not for a special trial cancer drug he began four years ago.
“Which for me has turned out to be a miracle drug. It keeps the cancer stable, it doesn’t cure the cancer but it keeps it at a level where the cancer doesn’t hurt me,” Wright said.
He said he might not ever fully escape his cancer but he’s giving it the race of his life.
“The cancer numbers went down to about one-third of what they were to where it’s safe,” Wright said.
Wright did admit that he’s a little old to be running five or six days a week but he doesn’t plan to stop running marathons.
Wright will take part in the Duke City Marathon on Monday.
He said he plans on running his 50th and final state in Hawaii in December.
After that, he might try Canada.