75-Year-Old Retiree with Alzheimer's Trains for Marathons, Refusing to Let Diagnosis Slow Him Down
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Erin Clack
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Summary
Ralph C. Carmona, now 75, was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease in 2015 after his wife noticed memory issues. Inspired by his son completing the Boston Marathon in 2014, he took up running and has since become a competitive marathon runner. The article highlights how running has been vital to his health journey, demonstrating that an Alzheimer's diagnosis doesn't have to slow someone down.
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Little did he know just how vital his new exercise hobby would be to his journey ahead.
He tells PEOPLE that it was his wife, Vana, who initially urged him to see a doctor after she noticed that he was forgetting things.
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