My life is a blessing every day that I get up. God saved my feet. How am I not going to use them?

People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.

I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort.

I find motivation within myself. I run track not from a competitive Nature, but because I'm a very goal-oriented person.

You can never give up or get down on yourself. A true champion keeps his or her chin up and always takes life one race at a time.

It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.

Remember, all things are possible to those who believe!