At 54, Cindy Abbott Runs the Iditarod to Raise Awareness of Her Rare Disease

As someone who has bungee jumped, climbed the Oakland Bridge, and stayed awake for 80 hours in a sleep deprivation study, I considered myself adventurous. Wrong! At 54, Cindy Abbott is running the Iditarod, a treacherous, 1000-mile dog sled race through the Alaskan wilderness. When she finishes, she will be the first woman to race the Iditarod and summit Mt. Everest, all while living with a rare, incurable disease.Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacey-gualandi/cindy-abbott-iditarod_b_2808912.html