When marathoner Jamie Shinneman gears up for his long runs, he’ll scarf down a carb-heavy breakfast, lace up his shoes and leave home with the one thing that most runners don’t have — a teammate. For training runs as long as 20 miles in Noblesville, Indiana, the 53-year-old runs while pushing his wife, Amy Shinneman,…
Amy and Jamie Shinneman plan to run their fifth marathon together in Sydney, Australia this weekend as part of their mission to race all eight Abbott World Marathon Majors. But what sets them apart from other individual runners is that they compete together as a team. Amy has Bethlem myopathy, a rare form of muscular…
A Marine veteran who lost his legs to an IED blast while being deployed in Afghanistan in 2012 found a new purpose in life as an adaptive training coach and ultramarathoner. Mike Egan talks to Jason Allen about competing in an ultramarathon where he went viral for dragging his wheelchair through mud on the final…
Two fishermen who used a cooler to survive at sea for days were found alive and rescued on Wednesday, the Mexican navy said. The fishermen, 53 and 32, last communicated with their fishing cooperative on Aug.14. At the time, they were aboard a ship called the Camaronera. The staff of the cooperative sent out a…
“My life is just an ordinary life where I’ve been given responsibility, and I do my best to live up to it,” said Judge Ronald Gould. For someone living an “ordinary life,” Gould has wielded more power, and surmounted more adversity, than most. He’s a federal judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in…
From his wheelchair, 71-year-old Ken Sternfeld spends several hours a week building his strength with the help of an aide. The retired New York pharmacist and his wife, Ronnie Sternfeld, who is also medically challenged, get about 10 hours a day of in-home care, including meal preparation and help with cleaning. “About a year-and-a-half of…
