For 10 days,
I’m posting a running photo, along with a brief recollection of the race where
the photo was taken. Here’s todays
photo:
In 2005, I
ran a fixed-time race called the Patriots’ Run.
It’s held every year on September 11th, and you run as far as you can in
nine hours, 11 minutes. I wasn’t
sufficiently trained for a race like this, so I went in with low expectation.
It was 90
degrees and sunny, and the heat started to wear on me. Halfway through the race, I already felt
miserable. I decided to hang in there
long enough to finish 50 kilometers.
Then I was planning to quit.
When I
finished enough laps to complete 50 kilometers, I asked how many laps the
leader had. That’s when I discovered
that I was leading the race. I decided
that you can’t quit when you’re winning a race.’
I felt
miserable, but I pressed on for the remaining hours. When I race was over, I retained a one lap
lead over the next runner. It was the
first time I ever won a race.
If you want
to read more, here’s a link to the Throwback Thursday post I wrote four years
ago: 2005 Patriots' Run
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