Do you get emotional at the finish line?

stpetegirl · April 2012

I noticed at the finish of both half marathons I've run that I was almost choked up at the end. Just for a minute and them it passed. I don't know if it was relief at being done or joy in the accomplishment our pride or dehydration, lol. Anyone else or am I alone here?

alli&pat · April 2012

All those people cheering at the finish line and accomplishing a goal -- gets me almost every time.

Mrs.Hagen2 · April 2012

I always get choked up at some point during my races. I thought I was weird but its more of a mental/emotional accomplishment for me. Part of the reason why I love to race is because of the emotions I feel during the race.

shauni27 · April 2012

Mrs.Hagen2:
I always get choked up at some point during my races. I thought I was weird but its more of a mental/emotional accomplishment for me. Part of the reason why I love to race is because of the emotions I feel during the race.

I second this--during my half I teared up when I started. All throughout the race I would get teary eyed. At the end, however, mostly I was just smiling and happy to be done

MrsStubbs · April 2012

Only when my family is there. My 3rd half, my DH and two kids were at the finish line and it took everything I had not to break down and cry 100yds before the finish line.

wellfleet04 · April 2012

Not for any of my shorter races (5k, 1Ok, half) but I was sobbing immediately after finishing my marathon. I was so happy to be done, sick (migraine, vomiting), very proud of myself, amazed by my time, and caught up in the whole experience of the crowd, etc. It was a perfect storm and I was a wreck

daisysle · April 2012

Yes, twice. My first marathon and when I BQ-ed at my 3rd marathon. Both ran with my dad too.

Wan-naBe · April 2012

I totally teared up at my first 5K. i believe i can fly

then at the end of my first half, I broke down and cried like a baby. i tink i can, i tink i can

stpetegirl · April 2012

Wan-naBe:
I totally teared up at my first 5K. http://www.wanlifetolive.com/2011/11/i-believe-i-can-fly.html
then at the end of my first half, I broke down and cried like a baby. http://www.wanlifetolive.com/2012/02/i-tink-i-can-i-tink-i-can.html

I can't read those on my phone because they are not clicky, but I live your ombre mail polish!

GRKaters · April 2012

Mrs.Hagen2:
I always get choked up at some point during my races. I thought I was weird but its more of a mental/emotional accomplishment for me. Part of the reason why I love to race is because of the emotions I feel during the race.

Same here.

At the end, I'm usually all smiles.

Flamingo86 · April 2012

Not usually, but then again I have never done anything longer than a sprint tri. I am usually focusing on trying not to vomit.

I do, however, tend to get emotional when I'm almost done. Like "omg I CAN do this!"

Wan-naBe · April 2012

stpetegirl:
I can't read those on my phone because they are not clicky, but I live your ombre mail polish!

whoops. sorry, dude...I'm on the iPad

Blessed55 · April 2012

I don't, but I generally don't cry when I'm happy like that. I def don't think it's weird when others do though.

trigal · April 2012

I cried when DH finished his first Ironman. And, I cry at when I watch people finishing Ironman in the last hour or so, but I've never cried for any of my own races. Hmmm...

Cinco · April 2012

I usually get choked up at the start of races. I was pretty much sobbing (w/o tears b/c of dehydration, haha) at my first BQ marathon though. My family was all there, and while I knew I would get a BQ time I had no idea I had crushed my goal until I saw the clock at the finish line. It was a crazy feeling. I may have teared up at the finish of my last race, but more because I was sooooo glad I was done.

ebeth_msn · April 2012

I've never gotten choked up at the finish. if I get choked up, it'll be at the start.

StingShark425 · April 2012

Usually not at the finish line, not yet anyways... just wait for my marathon finish - i'll probably cry like baby.

Usually I cry when I see the Leukemia signs - For the life of me I can't think of what that association is called - There are usually signs of people who've passed... Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ... ... Those signs always get me all freakin' choked up.

stpetegirl · April 2012

StingShark425:
Usually not at the finish line, not yet anyways... just wait for my marathon finish - i'll probably cry like baby.

Usually I cry when I see the Leukemia signs - For the life of me I can't think of what that association is called - There are usually signs of people who've passed... Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ... ... Those signs always get me all freakin' choked up.

At races, our just randomly?

clseale13 · April 2012

stpetegirl:
StingShark425:
Usually not at the finish line, not yet anyways... just wait for my marathon finish - i'll probably cry like baby.

Usually I cry when I see the Leukemia signs - For the life of me I can't think of what that association is called - There are usually signs of people who've passed... Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ... ... Those signs always get me all freakin' choked up.
At races, our just randomly?

I think she means at the races that benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma society. There's usually a section of the races with pictures & stories. It's called the miracle mile.

stpetegirl · April 2012

Lol, that would make more sense. I've never heard of that before.

kirkette · April 2012

Blessed55:
I don't, but I generally don't cry when I'm happy like that. I def don't think it's weird when others do though.

Same here.

shorewife · April 2012

Interesting. Mostly I just feel like I want to puke at the end of races.

Sadlebred · April 2012

No. I do 20+ races/year. The only tears may be tears of joy that I'm finally done a 3 hour race when it's miserable and raining or 99 degrees out.

jdbmjm · April 2012

At my first half, I was so happy I was giddy, followed my nausea followed by tears. I guess the emotions have gotten a little more stable with each race, but there are still moments where I get really choked up.

AndysKandi · May 2012

Yes. I have only done two 5ks and a 7k to date, but every time I have gotten emotional at the end. Then again, there was a time when I could barely jog for 20 seconds, so it's kind of a big deal for me.

I think I am going to be a wreck when I finish my first half in June :-)

shorty20 · May 2012

Sometimes, especially if I PR or complete a new distance.

Having a big crowd cheering at the end is totally awesome. How often do regular people get to have that happen to them? I think it's pretty cool.

kat.in.the.hat · May 2012

I was laughing and crying when I finished my 25K - I seriously couldn't believe I'd done it.

And I cried at mile 12.5 of my half where I set my PR because that when I actually realized I was going to make my goal.

Joy2611 · May 2012

I used to cut out of work early to watch the end of the Boston Marathon. I can't imagine the feeling of running through Kenmore Sq, and turning to onto Boylston to run into Copley Square. I would start crying for them! Plus, everyone was cheering and screaming for anyone who ran by. I would watch boyfriends and girlfriends and kids go out to finish up with their runner friends. So touching. One day, I'll run that marathon. And I'll mostly likely cry.

derky17 · May 2012

If I were to ever win a bike race or be competitive in a running race (enough to qualify for one of the big marathons) then maybe I'd get emotional about those. Thus far, though, I've never gotten emotional at any of the other bike or running races I've ever competed in.

melodramatic26 · May 2012

I did at my first 5k and also both 1/2 marathons. And at the beginning and middle fo the 1/2s too-lol. It's just so surreal to me in the moment to be THERE, doing this thing that I never thought I could/would do. And I'm a crier, so it's sort of what I do.

CasaRosada · May 2012

I just ran my first 10k and at the start of it I was tearing up but not at the finish line. I don't know if I will my next race - but the 10k was only the second race I've ever done (the first was a 5k about two years ago).

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