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88-Year-Old Walks 10,000 Miles For Late Husband

by Pat Coate | October 28, 2009
"I feel closer to Lester when I'm outside walking around the pond; it brings me great comfort, so I continued to walk."
- Martha Lilly Michel

An 88-year-old woman from Colorado Springs has spent the past twelve years walking.

Saturday Martha Lilly Michel reached her goal of 10-thousand miles ... She did it in memory of her late husband.

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