Hooray Run

Nos. 61, 62 & 63 [Runners]

September 16, 2014April 17, 2019James RogersLeave a comment

“Last year at this meet [the Spartan Invite], there was us three and two others. She was running, and one of our other girls tried to jump and pull her pants down, and she fell, and she fell. And she was running behind them and trips over the two that fell. I was running and saw them all fall, and I was laughing so hard my knees gave out, and I fell. Our fifth girl turns around and looks at all of us laying on the ground, and all she says is, ‘Get off the ground.’ … It was our cool-down, we had just finished our race. … I couldn’t breathe I was laughing so hard.”

[Note: There was a lot of pointing and “she” claims going on during the story, so I thought I’d clarify that yes, four girls were down.]

No. 60 [Runners]

September 15, 2014April 17, 2019James RogersLeave a comment

“My two cousins have cerebral palsy, and they’re my biggest supporters. One of my cousins can’t walk at all, and it’s our goal to do a race together at some point. We don’t have a racing strategy for her yet, but I would love to do one with her, like a road race. Hopefully start doing those when we’re older. … Any time I’m in a race and I’m dying, or thinking about how much my legs hurt, I just think about how lucky I am to have legs that allow me to run, and I praise God. … They’re 21. They’re like my older sisters.”

No. 59 [Runners]

September 15, 2014April 17, 2019James RogersLeave a comment

“Before every race in high school, our coach would tell us to run the first mile with our heads, the second mile with our hearts and the third mile with our balls. It wasn’t before just one race—it was before every race.”

No. 58 [Runners]

September 14, 2014April 17, 2019James RogersLeave a comment

“If someone were to claim cross-country is a soft sport, how would you respond?”

“It’s the most difficult sport. You’re literally killing yourself until the end. You’re pulling everything out of you, mentally and physically, from start to finish.”

No. 57 [Runners]

September 13, 2014April 17, 2019James RogersLeave a comment

“I was in Greece, and I went out for a run, it was a cloudy day. Maybe like five minutes in, the sky just opens up, and it starts pouring. I was doing a route around the Acropolis. Normal, normal running day. So it was pouring, and I decided to go for a little bit longer, just because it was fun to be running in the rain. And there’s this super, super busy street that you usually can’t get through because there’s so many people and it’s just crowded. You can’t even go through on cars—it’s all packed. But since it started pouring, everyone cleared out to the side. So it was me, running in the rain, on the street by myself, and everyone on either side just starts cheering. ‘Yeah! Way to go!’ I felt awesome. And I was going around the Acropolis—it was just the best moment.”