 I just did the full 5k. I thought I was only coming to do one mile because my back surgery is so I'm feeling great. It's for a good cause and just totally awesome. My name is Caitlin Ruele and my husband was Zachary Kish, Army veteran. Zach was in the military for 10 years, 6 months, and he was a 118th MP in the Airborne unit and he was also a K-9 Handler and he did total 4 tours, 2 in Iraq and 2 in Afghanistan. Zach's service meant everything to him. He was very proud to defend his country and he would do anything to help anybody. It changed his life and forever in both good and bad. He was injured overseas. He had a limp and constant back pain but not just his injuries. He also had really bad PTSD to where it just affected a lot in his everyday living. DAV, to me it means a lot because they are out there to support disabled veterans. It really did change Zach's life because it helped him to realize that there are other people out there going through what he's going through and that he wasn't alone. In time, little by little, certain things did help Zach in different ways. It just felt great being around everybody and knowing that we're all here for the same cause and just support our veterans. It's awesome. It's a good feeling. Being with Zach, even though I always support our veterans and service members, he just opened my mind up to a whole new world and a better understanding of what that means. I'm just so happy to be here and I didn't think I was going to do the full 5K so to be able to finish it and do the whole race with everybody, it feels great. I guess I just feel it's important for veterans to know that there are resources out there and that there are people who do care and do want to help and that even though we don't know them all, we owe them all.