https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct emma drushell en-us 2018-10-24 15:34:31 UTC 2025-04-19 14:39:33 UTC hello@padlet.com edrushell https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297109045 Running for My Life is an inspiring true story of a man who never gave up on himself. It is about achieving the impossible by persevering through the rough obstacles of life. Lopez Lomong was poor Lost Boy of Sudanese that eventually became a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team for running. His incredible life story gives hope to other to pursue unthinkable dreams.]]> 2018-10-25 18:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297109045 edrushell https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297229323 2018-10-26 00:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297229323 edrushell https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297229598 Lopez Lomong was not originally raised by his real parents until he was 16 years old and came to America. Then his foster parents brought him in and ended up adopting him at the age of 16. Before that he was a Lost Boy from South Sudanese. He was born January 5, 1985. (more information about his family and h below.)  ]]> 2018-10-26 00:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297229598 edrushell https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297234683 "I heard the airplane before I saw it. I was in my tent with my friends, talking about America, when we heard the drone of its propellers. "This is it!" I yelled out. I jumped up, grabbed the white envelope I received at church a week earlier,  and took off running toward the airfield in the middle of the camp." ]]> 2018-10-26 01:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297234683 edrushell https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297236573 "However, after four months in the Rogers' home, I realized I was not here by mistake. Mom and dad wanted me here. A little light clicked on for me during the cross-country season. they came to every single meet. They never missed one. No other parents came to all the meets, But mine were always there." ]]> 2018-10-26 01:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297236573 edrushell https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297239966 2018-10-26 01:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297239966 edrushell https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297243394 "I trotted around the track, warming up. The stands were full. CBS Sports cameras covered every angle of the track. I should have been nervous, but I was not. A few months earlier I faced the pressure of an NCAA championship final race when I won the 3,000 meter indoor." ]]> 2018-10-26 02:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297243394 edrushell https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297250852 The clip begins on chapter 5. In this clip the narrator is talking about it's home village. ]]> 2018-10-26 03:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/edrushell/d0qbt2jspuct/wish/297250852