During Labor Day weekend, I worked at a half marathon to fund raise money for our team trip to Florida, which is actually in 15 days! We're going to Universal Studios!
At the half marathon, my job was to make sure that the runners didn't take a wrong turn over a bridge that would detour them away from the loop of the course. While being eaten alive by mosquitoes, I saw many amazing runners.
About the first 10 runners that past by were in amazing shape and seemed to fly by, that was cool to see, but it was almost greater to see the people who ran the race, even though they weren't in the greatest of shape, or haven't been running for the longest of time. It was great to see these people try to do their best.
But the most amazing thing I saw at the Half Marathon was an almost 9 month pregnant woman, who had to be somewhere in the top 300-400 runners out of the approximately 1,000 people, that were entered in the race.
After seeing her run by, I told myself to never complain about any aches or pains that I get during the season, because she must have been going through hell. I give her a lot of credit for doing what she did!
Also during the race, an Elmhurst Alum from the cross country team, won the half marathon! She was the number one woman runner, and received a cash prize of $250 and a free pair of Mizuno running shoes.
Seeing this made me very excited to try to make this season of running, a season where I work really hard on becoming a smart runner, because some day I'd like to be in her shoes!
