Going the distance...and then some!



John (center), Norma his sister-in-law (in peach shirt), John's wife-Barbara (to the right of John),and supportive family!



Runners will go great distances to run legendary races, but no race will be as inspiring as the Boston Marathon will be for John Pleasants this weekend.  John is a biology professor at Iowa State University, and will be travelling all the way from Iowa to run on Marathon Monday.  John has been running for 34 years and yet has never run the Boston Marathon.  On Monday, he will be running to support his sister-in-law, who has Multiple Myeloma.  He and his wife often travel with her to Arkansas where she receives her treatments. 

John will be running with some of his running friends, who are also running this historic race, and they will take with them the experience of a lifetime, made all the more precious by knowing he is tapping into his Power to make a difference in MM patients, like his sister-in-law.