Taking an Alzheimer’s diagnosis ‘a mile at a time’

e Evergreen resident always has been driven to succeed as an attorney, an endurance athlete and a devoted family man. Now at age 69, he continues his drive to succeed in his battle against Alzheimer’s disease.

Macy, who everyone calls Mace. “I believe I can beat it. If I don’t, I’m still a happy guy.”

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mark Macy is a ghter.

He believes that his green diet, exercise and positive attitude will help him do what many others haven’t: beat the disease.

“Some people think I’m nuts,” said

Mace has lived in Evergreen since 1980 with Pam, his high school sweetheart and wife of 46 years. Mace still runs regularly, sometimes on the family’s six-acre property and sometimes with friends who help keep him steady and on track.

When Mace got his diagnosis in 2018 — considered early-onset Alzheimer’s disease because he was 64 — the family decided it was not going to hide from the disease, friends or the community. at’s why son Travis Macy, a 2001 Evergreen High School graduate and former EHS English teacher, decided to write a book with Mace