Justine Galloway's father was a good runner. He 1 his love of the sport to Justine. When she was seven years old, her father had Parkinson's disease ( (帕金森病). After he passed away, she kept running in his honor.
When Justine was running her tenth marathon (马拉松), 2 , she felt great pain in her body. She had to give up the 3 . Her pain got 4 and soon she could 5 walk. Justine turned out to be sick, too, and her disease was 6 to Parkinson's.
After that, Justine began to receive treatment (接受治疗). One day, she 7 that she could run backwards (朝后), but not forwards. One of her friends 8 her, "Would you like to set a world record for running backwards?"
Justine loved the idea. She 9 to try running half marathons backwards and finished a few. Then, she10 to go for a Guinness world record. On her second try, she succeeded and became the 11 backwards half marathon runner. She has since broken her 12 record twice.
Justine no longer feels sad about not being 13 to run forward. She 14 her story will encourage more people. "Keep going, " she said, "Don't let anything 15 you!"
