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Andrea Lytle Peet Is the author, with Meredith Atwood, of Hope Fights Back: Fifty Marathons and a Life or Death Race Against. She was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 33 and began to write her story with the disease as it unfolded—in real time. Andrea and her husband, David, established Team Drea Foundation which raises funds for ALS research, and currently live in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the first person with ALS to finish 50 marathons in 50 states. (@teamdreafoundation)

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