I don’t think I could go back and tell you which way we went. I remember everything about it probably until 23½ to 26. “At about mile 24 it went on forever,’’ said Carnell. “That was probably the best shower I’ve ever had in my life, trying to warm up from the rain and relax.’’ “I never felt like myself yesterday at all,’’ she said. Even when she got home she didn’t feel right. She never was able to get comfortable after the race. That has been eight years in the works and I turn 30 in a month.’’ I’ve done several half-marathons and I’ve always said before I was 30, I was going to do a Marathon. I ran the Crim (Race) for the last 5 years. “I don’t know why, but I really enjoy running. “It has always been a goal,’’ said Carnell. Overcoming the pain to accomplish the goal drove Carnell. You feel everything.’’įour keep 39-year streaks alive in Detroit’s marathon Having to overcome the pain has been one of the hardest things about running. As a gymnast you are trained not to feel pain. I don’t remember being in that kind of pain. I worked out and got done and I was in so much pain. I told myself I was done with volleyball. It was probably six months to a year after I was finished playing college volleyball and I remember I’m going to get back to working out. … One of my favorite things to describe my pain is when I was growing up I was a competitive gymnast and I played college volleyball at Aquinas. just overcoming the block of mentally wanting to be done, but wanting to finish. I think that was the most frustrating for me. Just overcoming I can do it, I can get there, but I still have six or seven miles to go. “Just the pains that you feel that you have never felt before in your training. “It was probably miles 17, 18 and 19,’’ said Carnell. Most of her training consisted of 17- to 20-mile runs on Sunday’s with two other runners and a couple of runs during the week at 4:30 a.m.ĭespite what she thought was extensive training, the mental stress of running 26.2 miles got to her. So that was kind of fun.’’Ĭarnell finished in a time of 4 hours, 38 minutes. I’ve run the International half (marathon) before. The rain kind of put a damper on it a little bit, but it was fun. It was awesome, but hard at the same time and very emotional. “I don’t know because I was bouncing around for 4½ hours or what. “My skin hurt, my fingers hurt, every part of my body hurt,’’ said the 29-year-old high school coach. It was an experience she’ll never forget. CORUNNA – Volleyball coach Kari Carnell ran in her first Free Press Marathon on Sunday.
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