Christine Amdam, special to wtop.com
WASHINGTON – The sun glittered on the Potomac and a light breeze made for the perfect Sunday morning. Under the Key Bridge, runners gritted their teeth with only a few hundred meters left. The finish line ahead of them, made them find the last power they had.
“That was amazing, I feel good”, says Pat Ryan, 27, of Washington, D.C.
Ryan is wearing a black T-shirt with “The Movement” printed in light green. A lot of people in the goal zone are wearing similar T-shirts. They have just finished the Cancer Prevention and Treatment 5K Run/Walk, and all the money goes to the fight against cancer.
“I got testicle cancer last summer. Because of advanced screening they figured it out, and I was on the operation table the next day,” Ryan says with a big smile. He is running the race to help others in the same situation.
“I want others to get the same opportunity as I did. If I hadn’t got the screening, I couldn’t be standing here today”, he says.
Ryan says his dad also survived cancer, and therefore they were extra observant for the disease.
“This had been an amazing year for me. I got rid of the cancer and I got engaged,” he says.
Ryan’s fianc
