Mary Thomson, along with her husband Mark Lowenstine and daughter Andy McMurdo, completed the 150-km MS Bike event this summer.

Sales rep Mary Thomson, 73, has once again proven that age is no obstacle to a determined spirit. This summer she completed the 150-km MS Bike for the 10th time, cycling 75 km from Grand Bend to the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont. for a night of festivities before cycling back to Grand Bend the following day.
Thomson, a sales rep with Sutton Group – Select Realty in London, raised more than $3,000, bringing her 10-year total to 1,500 km of riding and $20,000 to assist MS victims.

“We so admire those who are riding with early signs of the disease and hope soon more answers will be found,” says Thomson, who first became aware of MS as a child, when a close family friend received the diagnosis. She saw first-hand the challenges and the devastating effects it had on his family. According to the MS Society, Canada has one of the highest rates of MS in the world.