ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – At 57 years old, Dr. Thomas McCarty ran his first mile. Now 73, he’s heading back to the Boston Marathon.
The Anchorage audiologist’s journey is a story about resilience, loss, and the belief that it’s never too late to change.
After McCarty’s first mile, he thought he could go further, “so I did a 5K. And then I said, maybe I could do 26 miles,” McCarty said.
A Race Stopped
McCarty first ran Boston in 2012. His second year would be one no runner there will ever forget…