Back in January my run club started putting together teams for the Knoxville Marathon 4-person relay race. The shorter leg of the relay was a distance that I had never ran before and that I honestly I did not know I could train for between January and April. I was hesitant but I contacted the organizer and told them that I was more of 5K runner but that if they needed someone to do the shortest leg of the relay race that I could try my best.
When the roster of the 4 different relay teams was posted online, I saw my name in it! My immediate reaction was: Well, damn I guess I am running in the relay race!
It has been really challenging training for the race. There is so much that happens during February and March! I honestly never really got a chance to run the full distance of my relay leg during training. So, technically race day was my first time running the full distance. I was super excited to do this with all the other teams in my run club but also nervous. I wanted to be able to run the full distance and finish in decent shape.
Perhaps it was (a) runners high, (b) getting to run through downtown Knoxville, or (c) that I was running with a fellow run club friend (from one of the other relay teams), but that was such an amazing experience! The first mile is always the hardest, but once I was past that I was in the zone!
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