Charity Run

Last night was the night of the 10th annual Think First's trauma run. it was a beautifull night for this event nd a few hundred people came to it so it was a really good turnout. there was a bunch of serious runners tht were doin it both for the charity nd in order to get in shape for other races or longer races. also a lot of the nurses or the hospitals employees ran the race too. there was only me nd another ex patient of the hospital to run this or tht are involved with this program, some others might have walked or i dont no. but i am good friends with this guy nd he said he always runs since he also works at the YMCA so it got me a lil nervous, i new i wast gonna come in 1st or anything like tht but wanted to do respectable nd at least beat him nd a few people.   the race started off with about 100 people runnin, so all the serious runners got off to a quick start nd everything else. i started with the one buddy tht also does the talks nd a few of his friends. we started on a leisurely pace since 3.1 miles is pretty far nd i am not in the best shape yet. so the 5 of us ran about a half mile pretty good taking our time, then we split up as 2 of the uninjured guys took off runnin faster while the 2 tht have Brain injuries were strugglin nd slowed down a lot nd i stayed at my same slow pace but contunied running. i was struggling most of the way, but i am or was an athlete so i kept tryin to push myself, kept going with only a couple little stops i made but kept walkin pretty much by myself nd kept goin. i then  got to the finish line nd saw the stop clock they had timing this race nd all the people watchin or tht have already finiushed were there cheering on the runners. i came to this finish strugglin very much, my girlfriend was waitin there cheerin me on along with others. i really loved her being there for me nd i finished in 33mins nd 33 secs.  tht really wasnt the best time but considerin when i ran for my cross country team in high school when i was ALOT skinnier nd actually in shape nd before my injury i would finish the same length course in about 26 or 27 mins. so considering tht was 10 yrs ago nd i was 100 pounds skinnier plus the fact tht of all i have been thru with my crash. being hospilitalized all tht time nd im still recoverin i was very happy tht my time last night was only 7 or 8 mins slower then my old times. i feel tht i did really good yesterday nd was pretty happy nd satified wioth my results nd my family nd girlfriend were there supportin me. it was a good night. God bless everyone