Man vs. Lyme: Ironman steps up
to battle disease

(NCAdvertiser.com) Health and fitness experts urge those getting in shape to walk 10,000 steps a day.

New Canaan resident Carl Asker will soon run 200 miles — at once — to raise awareness and money for the fight against Lyme disease.

Asker is training for his first 200-mile ultramarathon, to be held in Pittsfield, Vt., November 6. He has dedicated his run, and all of the training runs preparing for it, to promote awareness for Lyme disease research by running under the banner “There is hope! — Team TFL” in honor of Time for Lyme, Inc., a Lyme disease advocacy and education foundation in Greenwich. Read more ...

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