When University of Toledo distance runner Janelle Noe was in the hospital after suffering serious burns up and down her body, she never gave up the idea of running.
As her coach Linh Nguyen and teammates visited her in the hospital, seeing her run again was the furthest thing from their mind.
“At that point I wasn’t even thinking about running, even though she was,” Nguyen said. “I was just thinking, ‘Can we get her back to a normal life? Can we get her back to class and up and walking?’ Competing was so far from my mind.