Photo by George Vasquez/Rico Photo
It was a chilly windy morning at White Rock’s Winfrey Point. Organizers of the Dallas Running Club’s Love the Loop 15k were cleaning up from the early event.
“The race was over and we were ready to head out when we got word from the race line marshals that there was still one runner on the course and that she was approaching the finish line,” says George Vasquez, the Dallas Running Club’s event photographer. “She was alone, and it was her against her willpower, against the cold and against the miles and she won.”
Vasquez and several other Dallas Running Club members gathered on the hill to cheer her in. She finished the 9.2 mile trek with a big grin.
“What some may not understand is that in a race there are many races and every runner has her own individual race to win,” Vasquez wrote in a Facebook post, where he shared his photo of the happy finisher.
The post touched hearts, it appears, based on comments that came pouring in from supporters.
“Tears in my eyes while reading this,” remarks one user. “Best moment of the day,” wrote a fellow racer.
Upon publication some 200 have liked, shared and echoed those sentiments.
