
The Runna Podcast
Runna
August 8, 202541 min
Running
Running to Cure Dementia: Jordan Adams on Living with Purpose After a Terminal Diagnosis
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What would you do if you were told, at just 23, that you would almost certainly develop dementia and lose your life within 10 –15 years?
This week on The Runna Podcast, we’re joined by Jordan Adams, co-founder of The FTD Brothers, who opens up about his extraordinary journey from teenage caregiver to record-breaking fundraiser and endurance runner.
After his mum was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia at just 47, Jordan became her primary carer through the final years of her life. At 23, he took the genetic test himself and learned he carries the same rare gene muta...