After suffering a broken leg at age 36, Richard Potts’ doctor told him he’d better get moving if he wanted to heal properly. Little did he know, what started as therapeutic jogging would lead to 68 marathons, one in all 50 states. A marathon course is 26.2 miles.
Richard and his wife Linda have lived in Llano for 8 years. Linda recently reached out to a local quilting group for advice on something she is working on, a quilt made from the 50 state marathon t-shirts her husband has collected. One of the quilters, Wilma Holt, contacted The News about their story - and we are glad she did.
Richard started running at age 37 and ran his first marathon at age 38. While he was training for that first marathon, his sister was diagnosed with and passed away from cancer. Running and training during that difficult time was therapeutic and motivational, he said. He went into the race, The 1996 Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth, thinking that was it. A week later, he was planning for the next one.
