Yesterday, I volunteered at the Half Full Triathlon.\u00a0 I had a number of friends running, including many Team Fight team members, and this race supports the Ulman Cancer Fund, so I had to be out there.<\/p>\n
It was a long, exhausting day, and I’m surprisingly sore this morning, but it was worth every minute.<\/p>\n
I started my morning at the swim start, helping corral swimmers into the proper area so they started in the proper waves.\u00a0 The race was an olympic and a half distance, and for both races, there was a Cancer Survivor wave, which was pretty awesome and a reminder of why I’m part of Team Fight – to help ensure that there are more smiling cancer survivors out there.<\/p>\n
After the swim start, I headed to what is affectionately known as Gatorade Hill.\u00a0 Anyone who has run in Centennial Park knows this hill.\u00a0 We hate this hill.\u00a0 In races, there is always a water stop here (which is what I think gave it the name, but I could be very wrong).\u00a0 Even a few collegiate racers commented about how horrid the hill was.\u00a0 Plenty of people ran up the hill, but many trudged up.\u00a0 It’s a tough hill, especially late in a triathlon.\u00a0 And the poor half runners had to run it twice, since it was a looped course!<\/p>\n
While I loved supporting all of the strong runners, helping out the people struggling (which, in the unexpected heat, was a lot of them) was awesome.\u00a0 I really felt like I was helping out, and it was so cool to see them continue on, pushing through pain and other struggles.\u00a0 I poured ice down shirts and even down one guy’s pants (that was awkward).\u00a0\u00a0 It was amazing to see people on their first loop look really rough and then see them looking better on their second loop.\u00a0 I was just so impressed with all the mental determination.\u00a0 No one could have expected this race would get so hot – it’s often cold and miserable.\u00a0 But these racers just kept going.<\/p>\n
I have been saying for a while that I wanted to do this race next year, but now I’m definitely in.\u00a0 And I think I’m going to make it my Team Fight race.\u00a0 This year, my Team Fight race was something that scared me, and I’m going to continue that trend for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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