During the run, I continually glance
down at my watch to make sure I’m staying at a good pace. The quicker I finish, the quicker I can take
a shower and crash. Running is not my
favorite thing in the world. Oh no, now
my thoughts are starting to turn negative.
If they continue in that direction, I’ll never survive this run. As my arms pump back and forth I see a flash
of my orange bracelet and slowly, I inch my way down Brown Road trying to focus
on the random businesses I pass by or the few cars that drives by at 6:00 on a
Saturday morning. Crazy people! They should be sleeping! My thoughts turn to other ideas and the
negativity disappears. Though, my knee
is beginning to ache and the sun has officially come up, warming the
temperature by 10 degrees, I stay focused on my goal. Two and a half hours later I exhaustedly walk
through the front door of my house.
“Missing Teen’s body Found?”
“Remains
Likely Those of Missing California Teen”
The
rest of the week drug on. Questions
constantly swirled around in my head.
Why did she have to go running alone?
It had been the middle of the afternoon but still, she shouldn’t have
gone! And how could any human rape and
kill an innocent 17 year-old girl? I
just couldn’t understand.
The
day I had been waiting for was finally here.
I had survived the training, the injuries, and the mental
breakdowns. I stood in the lobby of the
hotel running clothes on, adrenaline pumping through my veins. The lobby was packed with anxious runners
waiting for the bus to take us all to the start of the Top of Utah Marathon. I huddled next to my sister and dad who
decided to run with me in my first marathon.
The cold air rushed in through the sliding doors as another bus driver
entered and told the masses to load the bus.
We all crowded through the doorway trying to push our way onto the bus
to avoid standing out in the cold Logan air.
We made it! It’s 5 A.M. and I
just want to sleep on the ride to the start, but I’m so nervous! I have no idea what to expect. The most I have trained for is 19 miles and
it’s going to be 7.2 miles longer than that…
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