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Straight From The Finish Line.

Real race reports from the swarm — the nerves, the cramps, the comebacks, and the strangers who became crew. Read one, then go write your own.

Race Reports

From The Swarm

Last Out of the Water, First to Smile

The cannon went off and my heart went with it. I was dead last out of the swim — and somehow that turned out to be the best thing that happened all day…

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My First 5K Wasn't Alone

I signed up terrified, convinced everyone would be faster, fitter, and forty steps ahead. Then a yellow-shirted stranger fell into stride beside me at the start…

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36 Hours, One Trail, Eight New Friends

Nobody warns you that the 2 a.m. headlamp leg is when a relay team actually becomes a team. Somewhere in the dark between exchanges, eight strangers turned into a crew…

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Half Marathon, Whole Lot of Cider

Running 13.1 miles in a bee costume on Halloween was not the plan. Cheering twelve first-timers across the line in one, though — that absolutely was…

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Crossed a finish line with the swarm? We want to hear how it went — the good, the painful, and the people who got you there. The best reports land right here on this page.

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