. >>> about eight years ago don wright received the devastating diagnosis of cancer.letting that get in the way of his passion for running mayor ra thons. he's got a lofty goal. he just turned 70. >> reporter: his career spanned engineering. being a company vice president and the law. at age 62 he discovered a new passion. marathons. eight years ago just days after running his first 26 mile race though he got some devastating news. >> i had gone to the doctor a couple of times for pain in my back. it was multiple myeloma. >> reporter: this is a cancer of the blood where the white blood cells invade the bone marrow causing pain, usually in the back or the ribs. patients are rarely cured. but wright refused to let that slow him down. even qualifying for the boston marathon. >> i got this devastating diagnosis. my family and i, we just kept on going. there wasn't any reason to stop and be sorry, you know. we kept running marathons. >> reporter: incredibly now in the last eight years, wright, who's now 70, has run 60 marathons in 41 states. his wife and daughter have been

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gupta introduces us to don wright who refuses to let cancer get in his way of his passion for runningrter: don wright's career spanned engineering, company vice president, and the law. at age 62, he discovered a new passion, marathons. eight years ago, just days after running his first 26-mile race, though, he got some devastating news. >> i had gone to the doctor a couple of times for pain in my back. it was multiple myeloma. >> this is a cancer of the blood where the white blood cells invade the bone marrow causing pain usually in the back or ribs. patients are rarely cured. wright refused to let that slow him down, even qualifying for the boston marathon. >> i got this devastating diagnosis and we just -- my family and i, we just kept on going. you know, there wasn't any reason to stop and be sorry, you know. we kept running marathons. >> incredibly now in the last eight years, wright, who is now 70, has run 60 marathons in 41 states. his wife and daughter have been by his side for most of them. his goal is to run a marathon in every state. >> finally after boston we started to pic

sanjay gupta introduces us to don wright.let cancer get in the way of his passion for running marathons. >> reporter: don wright's career spanned engineering, being a company vice president, and the law. and at age 62 he discovered a new passion -- marathons. eight years ago just days after running his first 26-mile race though, he got some devastating news. >> i had gone to the doctor a couple of times for pain in my back. it was multiple myeloma. >> reporter: this is a cancer of the blood where the white blood cells invade the bone marrow causing pain, usually in the back or the ribs, and patients are rarely cured. but wright refused to let that slow him down. even qualifying for the boston marathon. >> i got this devastating diagnosis and we just -- my family and i, we just kept on going. you know? there wasn't any reason to stop and be sorry. you know? we kept running mamarathons. >> reporter: incredibly now in the last eight years wright who's now 70 has run 60 marathons in 41 states and his wife and daughter have been b

wright author of conservativeblackchick.com. maria, we'll start with you. does this mean we are about to see even more of ann romney? and probably other candidates' wives as well. >> possibly so, doni think what you are seeing from the romney campaign is a last-ditch effort before the process really gets started in terms of the caucuses and primaries. we all see that gingrich has now the front-runner. he's been really rising in the polls and this is mitt romney's attempt to really get at him and to really get i think at the heart of what is very important to a lot of conservative voters and especially conservative women which is the trust issue and the trust issue when it comes to gingrich is a very serious one. the three marriages he's had, the hypocrisy, afierce thai affs had i think are issues all conservative women have an issue with. i think ann romney is going to do everything she can. >> is this always going to help him? can it actually hurt romney with some female voters? >> i think it can hurt romney with female voters because it's becoming really -- every time romney gets on the debate stage he says i've been married to ann for 40-some years. i'm such a mr. clean guy. i'