This wheelchair racing deal--it is her dream. She brought it to us. She started training. She haggled for a good price on her chair. (Thanks, Greg!) She ran each week with the library running group. She did the hard work and ran seven 5K's and a 10K in her first year! It is her dream. We just get to watch and encourage her (and drive her to training and races, and lug her equipment around(!).
Finishing the United Way 5K |
Last March (2013) she wrote this in a draft for this blog:
"00:25:38.8--This was my time. My time in my other races has been around thirty minutes. I did my first mile in 8:15"
June 21, 2014, she ran the United Way 5K on the runway at the Lexington Airport. Her time? 00:20:27--Twenty minutes, twenty-seven seconds! That averages to a 6:35 mile! What a difference a year of hard work makes!
First Place--Wheelchair Division |
This past Saturday she ran a 5K in Wimore that she decided to do at the last minute. It was not her best time, but with all the hills, it was great training for her 10K coming Friday, July 4. On the same day, Tatyana McFadden, one of Aerelle's heroes, ran a 5K in 00:11:10. Aerelle's response was giddy excitement for Tatyana, and then a quick, "Wow, now I've got to run one in 00:10:00!"
Wilmore start line |
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