Student Funding for SOAR 2020

Hello, my name is Hazel Sorila. I've always loved exercising with other people,  whether that be in cheer or volleyball but was really bad at running. My friend introduced me to SOAR's running program and without much thought, I decided to give it a shot. When I was accepted into the program, I was shocked  because the thought of making it on a running team was far from anything I expected. I thought about how hard it was for me to run one mile, more or less twenty-six and naturally started to doubt myself. But I still showed up to practice and started to set small goals like not walking for one mile or beating my time by a minute. I would have never thought training would become easier, but I stopped myself from overthinking and focused only on myself in each moment. Ever since, I miraculously started looking forward to runs and loved how I felt after, even after running for an hour straight. I am definitely not the fastest on the team, but I'm so ready to improve and am grateful for everyone apart of the program like all the coaches, charity runners, and fellow student runners. Thank you for looking into supporting and lifting up a community of young people trying to run a marathon and make sure to check out everyone else's beautiful stories:)