Justine Galloway’s father was a crazy runner. He passed down his love of the sport to his daughter. When Justine was only seven years old, her father was told by doctors that he had Parkinson’s disease(帕金森病). The disease took away the thing he loved most. Justine then decided to never let anything keep her from running.
Her father passed away in 2010, and Justine kept running. She finished nine marathons(马拉松). But one time when running a marathon, something felt wrong in her body. She was in such pain that she had to give up the race without finishing. The pain got worse over the next few days. Soon, she couldn’t walk. She turned to the doctors. The doctors told her she has a disease similar to Parkinson’s. Like Parkinson’s, this disease is brought on by activity and often takes people away from their favorite activities.
Justine started to treat her illness. She learned something unusual—she could still run backwards. Someone suggested she could get a world record for running marathons backwards, it was off to the races for Justine. Justine loves a challenge. She started running half marathons backwards. After finishing a few, she decided to go for the world record. Later, she got a Guinness World Record for the fastest backwards half marathon runner ever! She has since broken her own record and set the record twice.
Justine no longer feels sad about not being able to run forward. She hopes her story proves that there’s always a way to keep doing what we love if we’re brave and strong enough to find it. “Keep moving forward and keep moving,” she said. “Don’t let anything stop you, and nothing is impossible.”
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