This weekend I had the great pleasure of watching my daughter run in the More Half marathon in Central Park. Her dad and I set up camp on Mile 6/12 so close to the course that I could touch the runners.
I watched Laura run by twice and could see her smile and was so proud of her. She had a great race with her friends from work and it was a wonderful day.
Here is a picture of her from the start of the race.
Laura is the one that gave me the running bug. I love to run now and watching a race and cheering the runners on was almost as much fun. I knew how valuable it was to make eye contact with someone and say “One More mile, you can do it!” It really does help. I clapped so much that my hands hurt for hours!!
Then Monday happened and as a runner and a mother everything collied. I would hate to be a runner and know that my husband who comes to all my races was in danger. I can’t imagine as a mom of a runner wondering if something could have happened on a part of the course I couldn’t see and maybe my runner was hurt. It was just awful what has happened and what can we do to manage all these emotions? Cry, pray for the victims and the families, hope for swift justice and then
RUN
Tonight, I join up with my team in training group and we will continue to train for the Nike Women’s Half in Washington DC on April 28. I will be there, my daughter will be there and my husband will be there with the GO LAURA GO sign we have taken to two previous half marathons.
We are Strands and we are a running family.
signed,
Phyllis4fitness
A very well written post. As the person that is a spectator most of the time, it’s very sad that something like this happened. We are out there to cheer on the runner(s) and enjoy the event. Having a wife and daughter who love to run, it is so sad that a event like this happened and now has destroyed family’s, lives and what running means. GO RUNNERS GO!
This is a lovely, powerful post. Heartfelt and thoughtful, sad but also very hopeful and inspiring. Keep writing, keep running. xom
Wow — I can realy “feel” your post. As a runner and marathoner myself, I watched the events of this week with horror. I could see myself as I watched runners, some knocked right from their feet, screaming in agony, in fear, the blood, the chaos. I know what it feels like to be at 26.1 miles and can’t even begin to imagine how it felt for those runners who experienced the blast first hand at that point in a race that is THE marathon of all marathons — something you work and train for months and months in advance. The disappointment, the fear for your loved ones, the shock.
Then there is the other side of my emotions — the feelings I would have if anything were to happen to those who come to my races to cheer me on — my son, my husband, siblings, parents. I could never forgive myself if they were injured because they were there watching me, supporting me, which is so critical and valuable to a runner, as you so eloquently share in your post.
As you know, I am signed up to run this year’s Marine Corp Marathon — the “People’s Marathon.” It will hopefully be my third marathon, all three MCMs. As much as I hate to let the individual(s) who have created this tragedy in Boston impact my life, I am seriously considering whether I want my son and family there. My husband is questioning whether he wants me to run the race at all.
Fortunately, there is a lot of time between now and October, when the MCM will take place, so the time for these decisions is not now, not when what happened in Boston this week is so fresh, so raw. I try to remember that scaring us is exactly what terrorists want to do (and in my eyes, this IS EXACTLY AN ACT OF TERROR) — whether they be domestic or from abroad. We as Americans cannot let them achieve their goals. Our spirit must overcome. We must band together and be strong for one another, pray for those lost and injured and their loved ones, and most importantly — keep running!! Looking forward to crossing that finish line in October as I know you are!!!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts & thanks for linking up with Kids Running Wild.
Keep Running!
Regulators have stepped up scrutiny of computer systems and programs used by key players across Wall Street, including exchanges and big brokerage houses. [url=http://louisvuittonbagsforsaleoutletstore.webs.com/]louis vuitton outlet store[/url] louis vuitton outlet store
As Amazon steps up competition against giants such as Apple, against HBO with its popular Netflix service; and against cloud computing vendors Rackspace and others, it has a massive competitive advantage: Its shareholders. [url=http://louisvuittonhandbagscheapoutlet.webs.com/]louis vuitton handbags outlet[/url] louis vuitton handbags outlet
come across clothings,Following a few most recent visits here, even so, is starting to become an increasing number of stylish.
Well isn’t how issues always is? Don’t buy Fallout 3 at any time release. Wait a year or two, then you can buy Fallout 3 “game around the year” edition or something which has all the DLC with it, or Resident Evil 5 Gold product, etc. Most likely same thing can happen with Dark Souls, eventually the “Prepare to die edition” will come out on the controllers, but not before from the DLC has been out for a long time and all those apologies saps, myself included, cannot wait for industry disc version with base game to be released, so we shell out money for that DLC. It’s all a very clever way of getting as much money as is possible, that’s all it however is