7 marathons, 7 days, 7 continents and one man with Parkinson’s. Can he make it? (The Washington Post)
The Washington Post, February 11, 2018
7 marathons, 7 days, 7 continents and one man with Parkinson’s. Can he make it?
“Bret was competing in the World Marathon Challenge, in which athletes run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days, doing little other than sleeping and eating on a chartered airplane between races. Since he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Bret has been on the hunt for personal challenges. There was his hometown New York City Marathon. There was a triathlon along Long Island Sound. There was a jump out of an airplane. Now, there was this….’Parkinson’s has given me the freedom, the liberty to take on these things, even though they seem ridiculous,’ Bret, executive director of the New York City Bar Association, said in an interview in November. ‘It helps me get over a fear of water, it helps me raise money, it gives me a goal. It’s a lot better story when I’m trying to tell people to donate to be able to say I’m doing my part. ‘Also,’ he added, ‘I don’t want it to be in charge of me.’”
