Holy crap. Why am I just finding out now that Jenny Simpson, Sara Hall, Anna Pierce, Maggie Vessey, Shannon Rowbury, Mo Farah, and Galen Rupp will all be in Boston tomorrow competing at Reggie? Argh. Tickets are all sold out. Anyone want to casually run around Reggie with me from roughly 6pm-8pm just on the off chance one of them chooses to warm up outside? That’s not weird, right?
This makes me so happy. It is such an inspiration to see how far people have come. I may not be running anywhere near an elite level, but it is amazing to look back at where I started 6 years ago and see real, tangible improvements over time. When I started running in high school I was running 26 minute 5ks. This past weekend I competed in my last collegiate cross country race, and completed the 6k course in 24:46 - 1000 meters longer yet over a minute faster than my modest high school beginnings. Even though my collegiate team experience is over, I am a runner for life and I plan on continuing to improve and push myself for as long as I can.
