Once Drained by Multiple Sclerosis, She Is Now Headed for the Grand Slam of Ultras
Melissa Ossanna’s doctors told her exercise could help. So she started with a marathon—and has never looked back.
Taylor Dutch/Runner's World, Feb 17, 2019
Melissa Ossanna has a nickname among her community in Bar Harbor. To her friends on the island off the coast of Maine, the ultrarunner is affectionately known as “Smiley,” because when she logs miles around the town, she smiles from ear to ear.
Even at the finish line of a grueling 100-mile race, she can always be counted on to smile through the pain.
Ossanna has a lot to smile about...
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- Michael Bowen
- Pensacola, Florida, United States
- Husband. *Dog Dad.* Instructional Systems Specialist. Runner. (Swim-challenged) Triathlete (on hiatus). USATF LDR Surveyor. USAT (Elite Rules) CRO/2, NTO/1. RRCA Rep., FL (North). Observer Of The Human Condition.
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