09/06/2026
The day started with a beautiful sunrise 🌅 and ended with a police es**rt to the finish line… so yeah, I’d say it was quite a day. 😂❤️
But somewhere between those two moments was EVERYTHING I love about my job and this community.
The Coaches. ❤️
The Athletes.
The cheer sections. 📣
The waves at me from across the course. 👋🏼❤️
The hills. 😩😂
The sweaty high fives & hugs.
The smiles.
The energy.
The VIBES. 🔥
There’s something pretty incredible about being on a race course and watching people do something that, not that long ago, some of them weren’t even sure they could do.
They see the miles.
But I see the 4 AM alarms. The first scary long run. The bad days. The breakthrough days. The “I don’t think I can do this” days. And then…the moment they realize they CAN. ❤️
THAT gets me every single time.
Then race day comes and I get to look around and see our Coaches everywhere…running beside someone who needs them, screaming someone’s name, celebrating a PR like it’s their own, or just quietly showing up at exactly the right moment.
That’s coaching. ❤️
And this community?
People cheering their freaking heads off for people they know…and people they’ve never met.
Athletes who have already finished turning around to cheer for the people still out there fighting.
Friends and family lining the course.
Sweaty hugs. High fives. Tears. Huge smiles.
Those moments are why we do this.
Because race day is about SO much more than a finish line.
