For 25-year-old Josh Sommers, this year will mark his seventh time racing the full 26.2 miles of the Akron Marathon, but this time, the experience will be a different challenge.
AKRON, Ohio — More than 7,200 runners are signed up for the 21st annual Akron Marathon, half marathon and team relay, which starts at 7 a.m. Saturday.
Sommers ran his first marathon in Akron in 2015. He also finished it from 2016 to 2019 and again in 2021. The race wasn't held in 2020 because of COVID-19. Sommers said no one witnessed the accident. He laid in a ditch for about 45 minutes, unable to move. He was able to reach his cell phone and call family. His brother eventually found him."It essentially just crushed me forward, bent me over, and it crushed T6— the spinal vertebrae," Sommers said.
Sommers will cover the 26.2-mile Akron course in a push-rim wheelchair. He completed his first marathon in a wheelchair a few weeks ago at the Air Force Marathon in Dayton. After picking up his race bib and T-shirt for the Akron Marathon, Sommers acknowledged the race will be especially meaningful.
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