Inspiration.... Continues....

This past weekend I ran in the Blue Ridge Hospice 5k to support Camp Hope for siblings/children who have loved ones that passed away. I want to thank everyone that had a hand in it from financial support, emotional support, running with me, to well wishes and motivation.  I was able with your help to raise over $500 in Shaun's honor to donate to the Hospice fund. Shaun would be proud and thankful and so am I. With you behind me, I was able to run the race on a track I had not previously ran in 24 minutes and 53 seconds, to get 37th place overall and come in 11th for women.  This is the second best time I have ever put up for a 5k and I believe it was Shaun inspiring me each step and your motivation keeping me going. It was a beautiful morning for a race, starting out chilly, but by race time~ perfect weather.  The venue was picturesque, being at Blandy Farm and Arboretum~ Shaun would have loved looking at all the trees and watching the leaves dance to the ground. There were many people who showed up to support the SuperShaun team including my good friends, Becca Wallace (her brother in law, Victor), Angela Pelleman, Vickie Trapnell (her daughter in law, Melodie), Sandra Stitch, Kerry McKenna, Carmen Schlosser (her brother and sister too), and Tam and Leigh from Shaun's hospice team also ran sporting SuperShaun logos. Also I had a cheering section of some of the most important people, Peter, Stephen, Scottie, and Tim(step-dad). It was great to have them at the end cheering me on. The boys even ran with me, sprinting to the finish! It was great. Then we would walk back to the last 200 yards and as people we knew finished, we would run with them and finish too! It was fabulous.
 As pictures are posted, I will update. Thank you all again for supporting us and our healing process. I plan to run many more races this year in Shaun's honor but none mean as much to our family as this one. Thank you.