Life Isn’t Over, Just Different

MS Society Runner Finds Shared Cause at P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona

Megan White was always a runner.

“I love to run and always have. I am able to clear my mind with only the road and the music in my head,” she says.

Her MS diagnosis at the age of 37 was devastating at first. It was not what she had imagined for her life. She thought of the burden she would become to her family, the loss of her independence. Struck with fear, Megan picked up the phone and called the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, seeking answers.

“The woman on the other end told me my life wasn’t over, it was just different,” she recalls. Since then, Megan hasn’t stopped running. In fact, she has run the P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon every year since 2009, raising critical funds for the National MS Society each time, and running decked out in their signature color, orange.

On January 15, 2012, Megan will be in good company. As the benefiting charity of the P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon & Half Marathon, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will be represented by a team of MS Rockstars, runners like Megan who will raise money to create a world free of MS. Each team member will raise a minimum of $1,750; benefits of participating on the MS Rockstar team include a personalized 12-week training program and VIP treatment on race day. The money they raise directly supports research for a cure and local programs that support those living with MS.

“I look forward to looking all around me and seeing orange,” adds Megan. “I am so tickled that such a well run marathon has chosen the Society to be the benefiting charity. I only run one marathon a year; I choose P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona because I get so charged up by the spectators,  the bands and the atmosphere that I forget the pain – I am free of MS for just the day. I want others to be free of MS as well.”

To learn more visit MS Rock Stars or Runrocknroll.competitor.com