A Point Loma man was pushed by a determined teacher to the marathon finish in a wheelchair, even after its handles broke off early in the race
Last Sunday he ran the TCS NYC Marathon pushing a 150-pound man in an incredible three hours and 53 minutes — despite unseasonal 70-plus-degree temperatures and despite the special racing wheelchair’s handles breaking off at mile 8.
At the start, he and Bluhm established a less than 7.5-minute-mile pace, with a goal of finishing in about three hours and 20 minutes. After being selected, Imamura expressed his desire to share the experience with someone else with ALS who wouldn’t otherwise have the experience of running a marathon, just as he had with Beckette.
ALS is a complicated and unpredictable disease that causes progressive muscle weakness. When diagnosed, the average person is given three to five years to live, Becvar says. The duo finished in the first 8,000 runners out of 47,000 entrants. Nathan Bult, TCS North America spokesman, pointed out that they came in one minute ahead of one of the most famous race participants — Ashton Kutcher, who finished in about three hours and 54 minutes.
Their participation wasn’t dedicated to raising money but rather to raising awareness of ALS and inspiring others with the disease to live their lives to the fullest, Becvar says.
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