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

[gnomad]

I was pretty proud of the first time I went for a 10K run. Longest run I'd ever done and it took me forever, but I did it.

[zulu]

I had a mind-block that I couldn't run more than five minutes in a row, and now I have! (My next goal is to run eight minutes in a row. Small steps!)

Speaking of which: I am very proud today for moving on to week 5, day two, after being stuck on week 5 day 1 for about two weeks. And I actually ran more than I needed to! It was a great day.

[blnchflr]

Running a 4.5K women's race and, not having trained properly, making myself go slow, even during the start rush - and still overtaking people right up to the finishing line \o/

[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.

[cyphomandra]

Congrats on your conquest!

I think I was actually most stoked by running for an hour, non-stop, which was something I didn't think I could do before I did it. After that the half-marathon seemed a bit more achievable!