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Nov 21, 2003

"When you move like a jellyfish
Rhythm don't mean nothing
You go with the flow
You don't stop." --Jack Johnson

30 hour Marathon

It was a marathon of a marathon. She stopped every mile to stretch and tested her blood sugar every two hours. She took breaks, but didn't sleep. Twenty nine hours and 45 minutes after she started -- more than 27 hours after the first runner crossed the line -- Zoe Koplowitz walked, aided by crutches, across the finish line of the New York City Marathon on Monday. Diagnosed 30 years ago with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the central nervous system, Koplowitz used the two purple crutches to help her get through the 26.2 mile race!