KEMPNER â Jan Ward had never been a runner before she agreed to enter a half-marathon in Fort Worth with a friend.
Eight years later, the 75-year-old Kempner mother and grandmother has completed races of various distances in all 50 states â and is also more than halfway to her goal of finishing a half-marathon in every state in the country.
âIn June 2013, a friend said, âIâm going to be 40 in the spring,ââ Ward said. ââLetâs do Cowtown half (marathon) as a team for my birthday.â I thought it would be fun, so I signed up for it. Mind you, Iâd never run anything before â only my household.