5.5 for Ryan

I set myself a goal faster than I can usually run the distance, to really push myself, you know, to truly feel it. The weather here was crazy, wind, rain, totally still in the same 5 minutes. So I laced up and headed out dispite the weather because this mattered. I was slow getting going early, so I really had to push the middle kilometers. And push I did. With 2k to go, I dug deep and gave everything I had, not wanting to let him down you know? As I ran the last 200 meters, knowing that I was going to make the distance on time I felt a great feeling of joy because I had accomplished what I had set out to do. Just then, an ambulance came racing down the street, with lights and sirens. My eyes filled with tears and I started to cry, because that is how Ryan’s run ended too. Rest well Ryan.