'Marathon Marko' Cheseto is a changed man 13 years after lower leg amputation

The days of crushing the competition with his biological feet – and post 2021, prosthetics blades – are beginning to wind down for Marko Cheseto. But that’s about the only thing slowing down in the life of the former Anchorage runner

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The days of crushing the competition with his biological feet – and post 2021, prosthetics blades – are beginning to wind down for Marko Cheseto .

This week marks 13 years since the Kenyan American’s amputation of his feet, which were frost-bitten after spending multiple nights with little warm clothing in the cold Anchorage woods. In a wide-ranging interview with Sports Director Jordan Rodenberger, the University of Alaska Anchorage graduate in Nutrition and Engineering and Science Management talks about being back in Alaska, the stigma around mental health issues, working with youth and what he tells others going through a struggle.Homer Spit Road closed, outbound lane erodedBegich claims Alaska U.S.

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