I'm a happy slow runner

I recently found out from you, when reading the testimonial of Johana calvancanti, that I am a Slow runner. But I'm happy about it.

We begin by taking walks, those walks in which speed allows you to exercise more conversation than your legs.

"Running is a coward's thing." That is what those who are not brave enough to try say.

The girls we signed up for the Women's Race in Valencia. Our debut. We were running for a good cause, and besides… WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME TOGETHER!

Little by little we lengthened them, imbuing them with seriousness and adding a point of "speed". Constancy and effort are necessary, to fulfill my objective: 10K inside the Military Parachute School of Alcantarilla, along with my sweetheart, recently operated on for cancer.

The day arrived and with all the support of the rest of the team: TEST SUCCESSFUL

From that point on, we got a fever, and we signed up for all Popular careers that are within our reach. Most of them collaborate with a good cause, and we do our bit.

For those like me, we were never good at sport, this is a great challenge, a great effort, but at the end, tired and sweaty, with the great reward for having reached the goal, our goal. I may never win a medal, but I have managed to feel capable. Able to try and get it. No one ever said it was going to be something easy, but it was enriching.

The secret is to enjoy it, the company, the landscape, the environment, discover the world that opens before us and learn from it, from many people with what some call "limitations", persevering and fighting people, who could give many lessons in courage. Seeing them, making an effort and with their smile, makes us wonder that many times the limitations are in our mind.  

Each one looks for the way to the goal, and seeks his particular goal, but in the end, what is the goal? The goal is happiness, although each one looks for it in something different.

I do not tell you my best times, but yes, I am one Slow runner, but not just any, I am one HAPPY SLOW RUNNER.

I continue to trot with him, and next to what has already become a great family for me, who is by my side in bad times, pulls me in times of weakness and celebrates my triumphs as if they were his.

Angelines Debon LaCruz