Given a second chance at life, Nome woman runs her way to health and happiness – Anchorage Daily News

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Given a second chance at life, Nome woman runs her way to health and happiness  Anchorage Daily News


Carol Seppilu arrives at the starting line of the Leadville 100 trail run on Aug. 17 in Leadville, Colorado. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Carol Seppilu, an ultramarathon runner from Nome, uses trekking poles during the mountainous Leadville Trail 100 in August. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Carol Seppilu passes the first aid station of the Leadville Trail 100 Run. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu, near bottom center, listens at a race meeting for Leadville Trail 100 racers and their crew members at a school in Leadville, Colorado. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Two days before the race begins, Carol Seppilu plans for her Leadville Trail 100 Run with Ash Warner, right, who volunteered to act as Seppilu's support crew on August 15, 2019. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu, near bottom center, reaches the Twin Lakes checkpoint area of the Leadville Trail 100 Run on August 17, 2019. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu waits in line to pick up her bib number a day before the start of the Leadville Trail 100 Run in Leadville, Colorado, on August 16, 2019. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu runs a dirt road from Anvil Mountain back toward Nome. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Children in Nome watch as Carol Seppilu starts on an 11-mile run from Front Street. Seppilu has lived in Nome most of her life. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu visits her mother, Sally, in her Nome home on August 31, 2019. Sally, who copes with arthritis, said she's inspired by her daughter. ’To this day she amazes me. She helps me want to get going myself, ’ Sally said. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu walks to work at the Quyanna Care Center in Nome on September 1, 2019. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu arrives at the starting line of the Leadville Trail 100 Run in Leadville, Colorado, on August 17, 2019. Seppilu survived a suicide attempt 20 years ago. Now Seppilu hopes her participation in ultramarathons can be a an example to others about overcoming difficult times. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Racers leave the starting line of the Leadville Trail 100 Run at 4 a.m. in Leadville, Colorado, on August 17, 2019. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu runs a flat portion of the Leadville Trail 100 Run before reentering the mountainous terrain on August 17, 2019. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu and her coach Sean Meissner look toward a mountain pass where Seppilu's Leadville Trail 100 Run came to an end on August 17, 2019. Seppilu failed to reach the mountain checkpoint before the race's cutoff time. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Carol Seppilu runs a dirt road from Anvil Mountain back toward Nome during a training run on August 31, 2019. (Marc Lester / ADN)