12 more days till I cross the finish line A year ago I got the news of my 3rd stress fracture - and I didn’t know if I would even try to come back to running. I felt so defeated and was really struggling mentally. My friends and family pulled me out of that hole and I just couldn’t let go of the idea of crossing the finish line of the New York City Marathon. I came back to running in January on the treadmill and slowly started training, but I never let myself get excited by the idea of the race because it’s never ended well for me. To be honest, I didn’t let myself get excited until about 2 weeks ago. I was waiting for a pain to come, to end up in a doctor’s office again, because I’ve never known differently. It still hasn’t quite sunk in that I’ll be showing up to the start line of a marathon instead of a cheer zone My training has looked different than everyone else’s (shoutout @rmatisko_dpt & @finishlinept for getting me here!!!!) and has mentally tested me, but we’re crossing that finish line no matter how long it takes, and I can’t wait See u very soon @nycmarathon 🧡