“Why did I want to do this?” I looked down at my watch this morning, and it showed I was 1.21 miles into the Firecracker 5K course. I was falling off pace and questioning why running the course means so much to me. After I spent my Fourth of July in bed and on medication […]
Firecracker 5K: using fear to run faster
Lining up for my first Firecracker 5K three years ago introduced me to an entirely new race-day motivator: fear. I had never raced 5Ks all out. Nerves before a race are normal, but on the Fourth of July, 2013, I was scared. My new running group did a great job telling me what to expect from the Firecracker course. […]
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