--- title: Runner Wins 3 Marathons in 8 Days to Help Pay Son's Medical Bills description: "He gives me the energy shot to pick me up and carry me through to the finish" canonical: https://time.com/3816513/3-marathons-8-days-medical-bills/ author: Sports Illustrated article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-10T02:50:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:34.538Z og:title: Runner Wins 3 Marathons in 8 Days to Help Pay Son's Medical Bills og:description: "He gives me the energy shot to pick me up and carry me through to the finish" og:url: https://time.com/3816513/3-marathons-8-days-medical-bills/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt096e21bd8f03057c/6987ea6d55a859703ca897fe/180476415-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=507&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 507 og:image:height: 285 og:image:alt: feet-joggers-marathon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Runner Wins 3 Marathons in 8 Days to Help Pay Son's Medical Bills twitter:description: "He gives me the energy shot to pick me up and carry me through to the finish" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt096e21bd8f03057c/6987ea6d55a859703ca897fe/180476415-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=507&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Runner Wins 3 Marathons in 8 Days to Help Pay Son's Medical Bills > Sponsored content. 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The _Rochester Democrat & Chronicle_ [has Morseman’s full story](http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/columnist/2015/04/08/bryan-morseman-wins-marathons-days-son-spina-bifida/25450849/). His son, Leeim, has spina bifida, a congenital spine defect that poses a variety of health problems and can leave a child unable to walk if left untreated. He has physical therapy three times a week but still might not be able to walk. “Every time I’m in a race I think of him and how my pain is nothing compared to what he has gone through,” Morseman, told the _Democrat & Chronicle_. “He gives me the energy shot to pick me up and carry me through to the finish.” On March 14, Morseman went to Alabama and won the Montgomery Marathon. The next day, on the way back to New York, he stopped in Cary, N.C., and won the Tobacco Road Marathon. On March 22 he went to Virginia Beach and won the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon. He took home a total of $5,750 in prize money. Morseman works full-time as a precious metals clerk but runs marathons on the weekends. He doesn’t train with a coach but still hopes to qualify for the Olympic trials. 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