Wheelchair-bound Kevan episode that affected me from Brininger of Gilbert suffers the waist down. I continue to from multiple sclerosis at go to physical and age 38, but he's not letting occupational therapy to the debilitating disease stop strengthen my core and upper him from participating with body along with trying to his 18-year-old son Derrick keep my legs as flexible as I in the P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' can." Roll Arizona Marathon and 1/2 QUOTE Marathon on Sunday. "Some people have said that I Kevan and Derrick will be can't or should not do this participating in the half- marathon. I take that as a marathon split in the Rock personal challenge to prove 'n' Roll event. The race will to myself that I can. I will benefit the National Multiple not be doing this race in a Sclerosis Society. An $4,000 specialized racing estimated 45,000 Arizonans wheelchair, I will be doing are afflicted with the it in a standard wheelchair. disease. I want to show that even ABOUT BRININGER though I am in this situation, Brininger has been battling I can still challenge myself MS symptoms for more than 16 and enjoy almost all of the years. He said he was in the normal activities that I used Marines Corps when he first to." lost vision in his right eye. LONGTIME CYCLIST "Over the years it has slowly Brininger says he has been a progressed and I now only cyclist for most of his life. have central vision in the "I have ridden every kind of left," he said. bike there is -- from riding In June, he began having 150 miles a day on a road problems with his right leg bike, to downhill riding on a and arm, though, with therapy, mountain bike, to also doing he regained control of his everything you can think of arm. on a BMX bike." In November, "I had an
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