A junior-to-be says thank you
Sophomore TaSheena Thompson is headed into her junior class at Miyamura High School with a special story to tell about how she spent her time outside the classroom.
Thompson is a runner and she wanted to find a way to share that with the first responders in her community.
Fast asleep one night she put it all together in her head. She would organize a run.
But there were obstacles. First, she’d been injured while training.
“I was training progressively really hard,” she told the Gallup Sun. “I used to run five to 12 miles every day. I ended up0 rupturing a tendon in my calf … I was out for two months.”
Between that and the call for social distancing, Thompson decided the answer was a virtual run. So, the Twin Lakes teen (16) created “TaSheena’s Virtual Run for Heroes 5K Run and 2 Mile Walk” and put it out on social media.
She managed to get about 75 participants, 50 of whom purchased t-shirts. She arranged for medallions and certificates and a lunch to be provided for the first responders at work on June 29 at the Gallup Indian Medical Center emergency room, the Gallup Police Department and the Med-Star ambulance crew.
Also receiving medallions and certificates were Sports World, who printed the shirts, and Anthony’s A Taste Of The Southwest, who catered the lunch.
By Beth Blakeman
Associate Editor
