John Sence did not hang on to his finisher's medal for long Sunday.

        Sence, who ran the final leg of Cincinnati's City Challenge relay team, gave his medal to Kent Enzweiler, a local marathoner who was hit by a minivan in March 2001 and suffered severe brain injuries.

        “He deserved it a lot more than I did, that's for sure,” Sence said.

        Enzweiler was awarded bib No. 1 and was at the starting line in a wheelchair for Sunday's Flying Pig Marathon. “He said he felt like a big shot,” his sister Mary said. “I didn't even know he was going to be down here today,” Sence said. “I saw him at the start and I just thought it was incredible.

        “He's raced a lot harder races than any of us will ever dream of racing, just to make it as far as he has. Even looking back to a year ago, I don't know that any of us knew he would live, much less come to the point where he's communicating. He has the desire to walk, and he says he's going to be down here next year on his feet. I don't put it past him.”

        Said race director Rich Williams: “He's an inspiration to more people, because he should have died, but he didn't.”

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