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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

BYU Running

This uniform has carried me through many a cross country and track race where everything hurt and I wanted to step off the course or catch that girl in front of me, then the next one, or I was passed over and over and over again; or I glided past the finish line insisting I could do it faster; or finished struggling to even make it off the track. So cliche, but blood, sweat, tears - all went into this uniform. There was the time I ran the entire race with my teammate, Darbs. We attacked each rolling hill and pushed each other forward. And there was when I was spiked on lap one and finished out my mile with blood dripping down my shin (happened many times actually). There was breaking the 4 X 800 record that one time freshman year. There was going out way too fast and running backward on the last 100 meters. There was turning the corner on cross country nationals, wondering if I was in last place, and hearing my teammate come up behind me and give me a push, telling me to run with her. I finished that race and turned around to see if I had been dead last. I wasn't, but that fact that I even wondered. And this is why I am so happy to hold my uniform and remember how wonderful, how horrible, how defining that time was for me in my life.

4 comments:

  1. Love it! Make sure you save your uniform and plenty of other BYU running clothes. Your kids will want them!

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  2. For some reason this made me teary eyed :).

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  3. I miss you! You know I thought I was somewhere close to last place at nationals too! :) Still the craziest start to a race I have ever been in the midst of-I felt like I was sprinting the first half mile just to avoid being trampled. Those uniform days sure were defining and I am glad you were a big part of defining the person I am today!

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