Bain - Inspirational Award Winner

March 10, 2006

Well, if it wasn't enough fun tonight at the PEI Roadrunners awards

watching give the speech, as last years Rookie of the Year, to award

this year's Rookie of the Year, it was awesome watching him get blown away

by this little surprise:

(presented by Walter Lee,

I was very pleased when I was asked to announce the winner of this year's

Ewen Inspiration Award. This award doesn't celebrate the fastest

times or the most improved runner; rather, it celebrates and honours a club

member who presents spirit, determination, guts, grit, and who inspires us

all to be the best we can be.

To quote Bain -- the winner of this year's Ewen Inspirational

Award:

" Autism the boy is Bain

Autism is happy and sad

I like Autism

Autism makes me different from my friends

That's OK "

graduated from Bluefield High School in 2005 and won prizes for the

highest marks in two of his courses and as well as an application prize.

As a runner, was on the school Cross Country and Track and Field Team

for three years. In 2004, he won the Award of Distinction for boys' cross

country and another for top junior. has also competed in a number of

PEI Roadrunner races. In 2004, he placed 27th out of a field of over 400

runners in the half marathon and was named Rookie of the Year at the 2005

annual meeting.

Almost every weekend, for most of the year, puts on his signature

yellow t-shirt, heads to a road race on the Island, and runs for autism.

As his shirt says, he runs for autism, not against autism. Not to raise

money to find a way to cure himself or his brother or his mom or prevent

people like himself from ever being born, but just to raise awareness and

acceptance. He's doing it.

was also successful in raising over $550. in the Canadian Breast

Cancer Foundation Run for the Cure. He crossed the finish line 9th out of

the hundreds of runners in Charlottetown.

By facing, accommodating, tackling, and conquering many challenges and

obstacles, has inspired many and has proven himself to be a most

worthy recipient of the Ewen Inspirational Runner Award.

-- would you please come forward to accept your award.

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