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I Am a Runner

I was a middle distance runner back in high school..a middle distance 1500 and 3000 in our state..I would use up energy trying to get with the leaders to do some front running myself..nothing unusual to get elbowed and stepped on..someone might go down or others try to box me in..it's hard running in a pack with maybe 3 others and the rest of the field chasing us..there is a difference between runners and racers..look at it that way..
I quit the tracks after my last race..I do treadmill maybe an elyptical..

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cruzelya · 36-40, F

@bhatjc: I won't tell you
what sundown towns are to explain the weird rivalry and bad press other cities gave our club..it was taken out on the track and field and other sports..it was a situation of them versus us..luckily middle distance runners are usually white women so there wasn't all that hateful bs going on with us..you saw a lot of that going on with sprinters relays hurdles etc..NOW..I Was The Exception in our town..me being Latina and North Asian Region aboriginal person of the former Soviet Union..Our family was accepted..I was accepted..my friends..local businesses..my name in the papers local radio and TV..so that was where my running ended up..that wasn't my scene at all dude..I began to wish I was somewhere else..the last big race for me was billed and featured as a two woman race even tho there are 12 in the finals..I was actually worried about two other runners..I got right up there in a pack with 3 others..one girl gave me a dirty look when our elbows kissed..I heard someone scream bitch!!..I got my bottom left leg stepped on hard..I was bleeding..anyway I hung on to the leader who expected was to be the undisputed champ..I lead the race for a while..got passed then passed them back..I was getting spent 2 laps to go..I knew the favorite the heavy dropped out...on the last lap I started falling behind..I was a goner when the kickers got it on..me and the girl holding the fastest records the champ faded to black that day..other girls finishing first second and third..I heard or kinda sorta saw that featured girl crying during the race.?? none of the hoopla about the event was even my scene..I was burnt out..shit going on in my life..my 17 year old attitude with my parents who opposed my dating life..all the buildup..the workouts..travel time..my own personal life..ALL this made me just want to get it over with..IT finally ended..I sucked that day..the expected winner faded away..other people won the race..today all this is a footnote in my life..maybe in another life some us 12 could have been friends..I hung it up that day..I'm a former middle distance runner..I've been there done that shit happened..I guess it's time to forget about that..I've moved forward thank you..gracias

bhatjc · 46-50, M

Sorry i brought up any old wounds. You are right. You are past that life now. Just keep moving forward. Like in a race. Leave them in your wake