COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — An 88-year-old woman in Colorado Springs who walks laps around a nursing home in memory of her deceased husband has hit a major milestone: 10,000 miles. Martha Michel walks laps daily around the lake at Namaste Alzheimer Center. Michel started walking the lake with her husband, Lester, who was a patient at the center. After Lester Michel’s death in 1998, Martha kept walking.——Contact The Daily Reveille at [email protected]
Woman, 88, walks 10,000 miles around lake in husband’s memory
By The Associated Press
October 24, 2009