Hope and Possibility 5 Mile Race

Today we ran in the Hope and Possibility 5 mile race in Central Park. This race is an inspirational race as it has able bodied and disabled running side by side in solidarity. Over 4500 runners participated today. Among these were many American soldiers wounded in Iraq. They ran with prosthetic limbs, in wheelchairs and push-rims and with their families. It was so sad to see so many maimed young man. They called themselves the Freedom Team and on their t-shirts were the words: "Just doing our job". Very sad indeed...

Two years ago, my son Sean's friend Mike Dolan was swimming at our beach house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and dove into the water and broke his neck. He is a high level quadriplegic and we ran for him today. Our t-shirts had a picture of him when he was in Stowe skiing in a special sled with ski instructors, a tribute to his courage and determination not to let this tragedy break his spirit or slow him down. When we got to the finish line, the announcer saw our t-shirts and announced that we were running for Mike Dolan! We were so happy to hear his name.

We finished in 56 minutes, I slowed Myron down because of heel pain from plantar fascitis, but we came in 12th in our age groups. There were 33 in my female age group ( 55-60) and 19 in the Myron's men's age group ( 60-64). Not too bad!

BTW Our head bands are from Japan. They say Kamikaze which means "divine wind" ... we were so fast.... :-)

Once we got home, we hung out by the pool for 4 hours! Resting and recuperating!

Myron and Anna