YOUR Running Stories
Every runner has great running stories to tell.
I still know about my first race.
And of many races afterwards.
The triumphs of setting personal records, the pain and agony when I went out to fast and struggled to get to the finish line, the time I ran but should not have run because I was not feeling well, my first half marathon with leg cramps for four days afterwards...
I share some of those running stories throughout my website.
It is great to share those moments with people you know go through the same hard training as you do, who feel the nerves in the weeks before the Big Day and who can barely sleep the night before the race.
Take your opportunity here to tell me and the other visitors of this site about your greatest achievement or your darkest moments.
Take your time to share about your preparations, how you felt before, during and after the race, what it is that you accomplished or why your plan fell apart.
Finish it off with a nice picture of yourself and let us enjoy your story and leave you a few nice words!
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Read Other Visitor's Running Stories
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The Only Exercise That Made a Difference
My name is Julianna. Since high school, I enrolled in aerobics in my adult life thinking that this would make a difference on my health.
The workouts …
Don't Give Up Running
I started running for my high school cross country team last year as a sophomore. Towards the end of the season while doing a workout of hill surges I …
Military Physical Fitness Test
Hi, my name's Meth, I'm in Thailand and I'm 15 years old. I've always had difficulties in long-distance running, however, I'm quite a fast sprinter. …
A Wonderful Start to a Healthier Life
I only just began running about six or seven months ago. Back then, if you had told me that I was capable of going any further than a single mile, I would …
My Dad's Story
My dad was born in his parents' bedroom in a two-room house in St. Joseph, MO. When he was a toddler, his parents couldn't afford to keep raising him, …
Silver Comet Half Marathon
What an incredible day! It’s going to be very hard for me to put into words what this was like but I’ll try.
This was not only my first half marathon …
How Running Changed My Life
My name is Jared and I am 26 years old and live in Chile (South America) and this is my story:
Since I was a kid I always had a close relationship with …
I Made it Through Yesterday
I just started a running program 8 days ago. With this program, you upgrade your run/walk each week.
This past Thursday was Day One of Week Two. I …
Why I Run
I love to run.
I don´t know if I can call myself a "runner". I have never competed in a race and I don´t think I would be amongst the fastest ones …
They Call Me 'Hero'
Pushing it hard, struggling against my own body, fighting the pain just to keep moving, holding back tears, ready to give up, begging myself not to. My …
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Dominique de Rooij (Dom)
Advanced Running Coach certified by Athletics Australia with 20 years of writing about running and over a decade coaching runners — from first-timers to marathoners. Dom's beginner programs have guided thousands of runners and been praised above plans from Jeff Galloway, Hal Higdon, and Runner's World. Now over 50, Dom still loves trail running, parkrun, and the coffee after.
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