12:24:19 My official finish time. It's taken me months to process it and I don't even know what emotion I was feeling as I crossed that finish line. I want to say it was overwhelming joy and gratitude and thankfulness to have finished the race so successfully for my first ultra... but the primary emotion was mostly gratefulness to not have to run a single step further? Relief?!!! I want to say that I was ecstatic. And I was. But it took a few minutes to sink in... months actually. And now when I look back, it's an overwhelming mix of gratitude, joy, pride, thankfulness, humility...
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Run Ridge Run: 25K Trail Race
February 25, 2017 Run Ridge Run, the first race of the season of the Coast Mountain Trail Series... and my very first ever trail race!!! I think when I first started trail running infrequently back in November(ish), I loved so much and just wanted to be part of something fun with the club so I … Continue reading Run Ridge Run: 25K Trail Race