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Female winner of 10K: push yourself
Out of 17 thousand runners, Betzy Jimenez, University of Texas at Austin track and field alumna, was the first female to cross the finish line at Austin's Capitol 10K run on April 7, 2013. "I just enjoy competing," Jiminez said. "I think just to push yourself at the end of the day, and try to do the best you can is key." Jimenez is 25 years old and is working on getting a doctoral degree at UTSA's medical school. — Heather Dyer
Team BB Storify by Taylor Prewitt
Updated 10:42
Meet the Taylors
Twelve-year-old Kory Taylor danced, laughed and smiled her way through the Capitol 10,000 race this morning with her sister and parents right alongside her. To anyone walking or running near them, the Taylors look much any other family on the course. There’s one key difference though: as a child, Taylor could not walk, stand, swallow food or even smile. Her muscles just didn’t work.
Eight years ago, Taylor was diagnosed with juvenile dermatomyositis, or JDM, a debilitating autoimmune disease that could’ve left her bound to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. The diagnosis and subsequent treatment has helped Taylor and her family regularly participate in fun runs and walks around Texas to raise awareness for the disease that nearly took Taylor’s life.
“You’re getting a diagnosis that you know nothing about, you’ve never heard of, and you’re terrified because it’s your little baby,” Taylor’s mother Sissy Taylor said.
Sissy explained that for about two months before Taylor’s diagnosis, all of the muscles in Taylor’s body grew progressively weaker as her body fought against itself.
“When she was diagnosed when she was four, she couldn’t get up off the floor, she couldn’t brush her hair, she couldn’t get her arms up above her head … Her neck was always tilted,” Sissy said. “There were no muscles in her face. Looking back at pictures, you can see where her face was just kind of a blank stare.”
Since the diagnosis, life has changed drastically for the Taylor family.
“She gets up; the first thing she does is take medicine. She waits an hour; she eats breakfast and takes more medicine, because she has two medicines that can’t be taken together. We have an alarm go off in the afternoon, to make sure we eat dinner at a certain time because she has to take medicine with that dinner. Then we have to wait two hours because there can be no food in her stomach for her last pill of the day,” Sissy said. “So everything is based on a schedule. Every day. Seven days a week, 365 days a year and every morning is started with sunblock and proper clothing.”
Although most runners wore short-sleeved shirts today, Taylor wore a long sleeve shirt under her orange JDM awareness shirt to reduce her exposure to sunlight, which provokes the autoimmune attacks on the muscles and skin. Taylor’s steroid treatments also suppress her immune system, so her family has grown accustomed to carrying hand sanitizing gel to counteract the spread of disease.
The family is well aware of the health risks associated with Taylor’s participation in such public events, but Sissy says that their participation not only helps raise awareness for children like Taylor, but also helps the family gain a sense of normalcy.
Taylor’s older sister Kaci, 14, has adjusted her version of normal to her sister’s condition. Kaci will soon turn 15 and is looking forward to taking driver education classes and getting her license so she can drive her sister to the hospital for her monthly treatments.
“It just becomes a new normal. Luckily she was only four, so this is all she knows,” Sissy said.
Unfortunately, this feeling of normality isn’t universal among JDM patients and families. Taylor mentioned that most children who are diagnosed later than Kory struggle with the idea of being pulled out of their favorite sports and activities. Once a stabilizing treatment system is arranged though, children like Kory can lead relatively normal lives.
“We always hope for remission, but I think now we’re a little more optimistic about ‘okay, now this is just how we live,’” Sissy said. “This is who we are, but we don’t let it define us, and just learn to live with it.”
Submitted by Olivia Starich
Musician from the band "King Amy" entertain participants during the race. #UTHoneyBadgers #Cap10K - Rabeea Tahir
Ingrid Davin, 70, is originally from Sweden. However, during her time in the U.S., she has run 30 out of 36 Cap 10ks. She said that she gets her motivation from all the “fun and fascinating participants from different walks of life.”
#UTHoneyBadgers #Cap10k - Rabeea Tahir
Storify by Katey Psencik.
Coverage of the Cap10k from @kateypsencik, @clresendez, @ealleman1 and @sreinsch91.
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Banana trash.
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Eager participants search for race results. #UTHoneyBadgers - Rabeea Tahir
Lindsey cheers for, then congratulates her fiance, Daniel, for finishing the Capitol 10k.
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Starting line. The spirits are high! #UTHoneyBadgers - Rabeea Tahir
Yvonne Weldon, 40, is wearing her Capitol 10K T-Shirt from when she ran 25 years ago. She was diagnosed with diabetes few years ago but she didn’t let that hold her back. Instead she decided to make it her motivation to stay active and healthy.
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Hey look, it’s Jackie Moon!
Runner Brian De Vaca proudly sported a blonde curly wig for the Capitol 10k race.
Photo provided by Emily Alleman.
That’s a lot of bananas.
Photo provided by Katey Psencik.
Cap 10k brings 17,500+ runners to downtown Austin
More than 17,500 pairs of shoes hit the pavement on Congress Avenue bridge and across downtown this morning, ending with live music and food trucks at Auditorium Shores - a true Austin festival.
The 36th annual Statesman Capital 10,000, presented by H-E-B, raised more than $67,273 for Dell Children's Hospital, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
H-E-B t-shirts flooded the race in a sea of red, but other costumed participants included a 70s-themed duo, an ostrich and a banana, among many others.
The race was full of family teams, with many mother-daughter and father-son teams, as well as parents walking their babies in strollers.
The weather remained cool and slightly humid throughout the race, providing a cool break for runners: the average temperature during April in Austin is between 77 and 82 degrees Fahrenheit, according to WeatherSpark.
One 25-year-old man collapsed during the race due to cardiac arrest. Paramedics immediately tended to him and revived him within minutes. He is an unidentified college student from San Antonio that remains in the hospital.
Information provided by Katey Psencik.
The runners' attire made for a very interesting day. Medical student Ian Buchanan, who ran in the place of a sick friend, showed off his homemade tie-dye scrubs.
Photo provided by Emily Alleman.