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Just after 5 a.m. on Jan. 17, Colin Jackson and his oncologist, Dr. James Flint, took the first steps of what would end up being a 26.2-mile trek over the next 12-plus hours.
Jackson was in Phoenix, Ariz., and Flint was in Mission Beach, but the two men were walking a marathon together staying in close touch throughout the day with phone calls, texted photos of the sights they passed and screengrabs of the miles they’d completed and calories they’d burned.
For Dr. Flint, his solo marathon walk was the fulfillment of a promise to his patient and friend. For Jackson, a 39-year-old veteran marathon runner, it was a redemption.