and qualifies for the able bodied U.S. national team-2010 World 24-Hour Run Championships
By: Dan Brannen
In a stunning development to open the new year and new decade, a female below-the-knee amputee was the overall winner (among men and women) in the Run to the Future 24-Hour race in Glendale, Arizona on Dec 31-Jan 1, and appears to have qualified for the U.S. national team to the 2010 World 24-Hour Run Championship.
 
 
Amy Palmiero-Winters, 37, of Hicksville, N.Y., who runs with a custom-made prosthesis, entered the race with the intention of making the Open, able-bodied U.S. national team to the World 24-Hour, which will be held in France in May 2010. Her previous longest race was the Heartland 100 Mile in Cassoday, Kansas in October, in which she finished 8th overall and first female. For that achievement, she was named USA Track & Field's "Athlete of the Week" on October 21.

Thank you for the honor.
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/run-karla-run/2009/dec/23/best-runners-decade/
Everyday is a new day to define who you are.....be GREAT!

The Dallas White Rock marathon benefits the Scottish Rite Hospital located in Dallas Texas and below I have attached two different links from the past weekend there,  where I had the opportunity to help a little girl, Ryanne who lost both of her legs and part of her arm to a birth defect race in her first marathon. 
The only thing I asked of her was by the time we crossed the finish line she must come up with 5 athletic goals/dreams to follow and she did.  Also during the race she made 15 out of 17 baskets with her water cup....while on the move.  At mile 25 we stopped and switched chairs so she could race to the finish line....amazing.  I aslo had the opportunity to race with another little girl Cydney on the saturday before the marathon....good job Cydney!  
http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/hp/index.html?nvid=412492

http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/DN-whiterockamputee_14met.ART.State.Edition2.4bbd0ab.html

Running the USATF Certified .5 Mile paved oval in Murrell Park, Flower Mound Texas was a run to remember.  A special thanks goes out to Robert Tavernini and his wonderful aid-station crew, Carson, Madilynn and Dave for showing up to keep me moving.  I have never ran around in a circle for more than 12 laps until now, the race took me to the 100 mile mark completing 197 laps for an official finish.