I was hit by a car on my racing bcylcie by a 91 year old man 31 years ago, while not hit by running, I know what it feels like to be hit with 98,000 pounds of force, ejected 13 stories high at a 45 degree angle and thrown 253 feet through the air and then bounced and rolled and slid another 250 feet. On permanent Disability now do to injuries from being hit by a car on my bcylcie at 55 mph by a 91 year old man my 3rd week into my Freshman year of college. What saved me was that I was climbing a huge hill. I flew 253 feet through the air and then bounced, rolled skidded and slid another 250 feet , per a forensic bcylcie accident analyist. The elderly driver never touched his brakes when he hit me so the police could not detremine an impact point. I suffered severe head and neck injuries, traumatic brain injury, severe concussion, severe whiplash, 3rd degree burns on my elbows, knees and where I landed on my right shoulder. The back wheel of my bike went through my left calf on impact and my left thumb was hand was crushed.I came back and a year later ran in the National JOCO Cross Country Championships in 1982 and in 1983, I ran 14:47 5k and 31:28 10k on a very tough course with many long and steep hills and beat 2 1984 Olympic trials quaifiers and 7 NAIA or JOCO ALL Americans and former world record holder and Olympian, Jim Ryun, who was faster in the 10k at 35 than when he was in college. After my best race in Oct 1983 my right shoulder started popping out of place and I could not run well after that. I did finnish my college degree after 8 years and worked 19 years as a reference librarian at Black and Veatch Engineering firm as a researcher before I became totally disabled before my 14th and 15th surgeries. I am writing my autobiography now in hopes that it will help other victims cope. Activist for manditory testing of elderly drivers over age 80. Trying to promote music therapy for the disabled. Recovering from my 4 th cervical fusion and 5th neck surgery from Oct. 25th 2010 and not doing well. Totally Disabled now but just got my reclining manual wheelchair and an electric wheelchair that will be able to recline soon . I have to have it recline to take pressure off my neck. I just had to have my 5th cervical surgery to remove the 14 screws and 3 rods in the back of my neck. A rod had been sticking into my neck muscle for 3 years! I am seeking a law firm to bring litigation agaist the doctor that put the rods in my neck. I am in the first stage of Kidney failure from the medicines that give me a little bit of life that I do have now. I am in bed or recliner most of the time. I hope to be able to be more active with the wheelchairs and actually get out and enjoy life some day soon. I suggest the book, Running Back, by Dave Dorr and Steve Heidenreich. Steve was in the top 10 in the 1500m and while on a training run in March of 1976, he was hit by a drunk driver and suffered and broken jaw and factured skull and severe brain damage. A year later he came back and ran less than a 4:10 1500m and obtained his B.A. Degree from Indiana University. He later earned 3 masters degrees and obtained his Pricipalship License last summer.