CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) – Some athletes simply have that magic, that glowing persona on and off the sphere. She is named the “Blade Runner,” however she is rather more than that.
Fourteen-year-old Hannah Longmire, of Coralville, was born with malformations of her toes.
Her mom, Lee Longmire, stated the choice was made to have her toes amputated.
“That was going to be what was greatest for her,” Lee stated. “Quickly after that, she was fitted along with her first set of prosthetic legs.”
Hannah began operating on the age of 10, and loved competing in races.
“It’s very nice to win, like while you get that medal, that first place medal,” Hannah stated. “The gold medal, it’s like I simply need that factor. That’s very nice, I wish to preserve doing that.”
Lee stated Hannah places a whole lot of laborious work and dedication into it.
“I’m actually proud once I see her on the market and her laborious work is paying off,” Lee stated.
Hannah not solely competes towards para-athletes, she additionally runs on her Northwest Junior Excessive cross-country and monitor workforce.
“Individuals who don’t have disabilities can push me rather a lot more durable than folks with disabilities can, Hannah stated. “I wish to win to show a degree. Nonetheless go on the market and meet each child it doesn’t matter what, even when I’m completely different. It doesn’t matter.”
Hannah can run with the perfect of them, clocking a 5:25 mile.
“I attempt to make it within the 4 minutes,” she stated. “After I begin monitor up once more, I believe I can do it.”
Hannah runs with multicolored blades to match her persona. They are saying, “be savage, not common.”
“‘Be savage, not common’ principally implies that I don’t wanna be like each child,” she stated. “You don’t wish to be boring, you understand? You wish to be a savage, you wish to have some sass to it. Simply have some enjoyable, go loopy together with your seems. I at all times have some type of wild look to my legs. My legs are at all times some type of rainbow or sparkly glamorous legs.”
Hannah has labored her tail off to be top-of-the-line younger runners within the nation.
“I’ve gone via strengthening lessons to get my kind up,” she stated. “We positively had to determine a manner as a result of I don’t have the perfect steadiness with my prosthetics. We needed to discover a strategy to do these completely different strengthening workouts like bench urgent in any respect that.”
Hannah works so laborious as a result of she’s set some huge objectives.
“To go to the Paralympics and the Olympics, that are actually huge objectives, and I actually need to work and prepare actually laborious to get to them.”
Hannah’s mother Lee stated she absolutely expects to see Hannah on the Olympics sooner or later.
“We at all times inform our children to dream huge, and we’re there to assist you the perfect that we will and assist you to make these goals come true,” Lee stated.
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