Proudest moments

[shadowkitty]

Yesterday I caught other runners for the first time! My dad was coaching and as I passed him he said "There's two just gone round the corner." They weren't going that fast, so I thought 'I can have them!' I decided to go for it, even if the effort of it screwed up my run.

As I don't wear contacts or glasses when I run, I couldn't see who I was chasing. When I finally caught them, I looked around to see who I had been doing battle with. It was the old man who plays St. Patrick in the local parade, and his friend who has Huntingdon's disease. So proud. To be fair, this is actually an improvement from the first and only race I ever ran where I was beaten by an eighty-three year old.

So runners, my question is what are your 'proudest' moments?

Comments

[ilanarama]

Heh, I have lots of them, but I've been running for 8 years now, and seriously running for 2. My first marathon. My next PR, and my next. Getting under 2 hours in the half marathon. My first sub-4 hour marathon. My sub-1:40 half marathon (a surprise PR). Winning a trophy. The first time I crested Imogene Pass, the high point (literally) of a trail race I do, and thinking, "wow, I got here with leg power!"

Congratulations. Running is full of proudest moments.