Hickories Park 5K

Some video from my first 5K. Not surprisingly, I was the only amputee runner. Oscar Pistorius would have been disappointed with my results, but I kept a steady pace, and finished pretty much where I started.

Thank You

Valerie Gundrum, who subscribed to this blog, passed away last night after battling kidney cancer. She was an uncommonly good person, and will be missed. It's still hard to believe, especially as I glance over and see her picture in my small list of subscribers. Thanks, Val, for your support.

To help support kidney cancer research, there is a Spin-a-Thon being held Oct 27 at Val's fitness studio in Owego: Spin at the “Kidney Cancer Sucks” Spin-A-Thon. There are two teams from Lockheed, and I will be there some time in the early afternoon for an hour.

One Year Anniversary

I've really neglected this blog, and I apologize. Earlier in the summer, I was having problems with an ill-fitting socket, I was becoming discouraged, and I finally decided to change prosthetists. I'm now with Hanger (Ryan Stark) in Johnson City, NY, and it's been a terrific experience. The test socket fit perfectly (literally no changes were needed) and the new carbon socket is a work of art. Ryan pieced together some components so I could swap between the Fusion everyday foot and the Nitro running foot.

It's now been exactly one year since my surgery. Here are the results:

(not sure why YouTube messed up the colors... I'll try to fix it)