# @emmajanelbates on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJEtYzhCrFp
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-30T14:10:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emma Bates (@emmajanelbates) — https://gondola.cc/emmajanelbates

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Boston Marathon Race Recap, Part 3:

I felt comfort standing on the start line, but the nerves started bubbling up more and more. 
I always liken it to the feeling you get when cresting the top of a rollercoaster🎢 :

💭Omg I’m so excited!
Wait, no, just kidding. I’m not ready.
This is actually kind of scary.
Ah crap, you think I can bail now?
What do you mean it’s too late?
Hold on, I signed up for this?💭

To combat this anxious energy, I have to release it somehow. Whether it be chatting with others, laughing about something funny (whether in the moment or a memory), or in this case dancing(?)

Sometimes you just have to shake it out 🤷‍♀️

After standing (shaking it) there for what felt like an eternity, the pistol finally shot.
Just like that initial drop of a rollercoaster, once the gun goes off, there is a sense of weightlessness. 
You are no longer at the mercy of anticipation. 
Freedom surges through every vein, and exhilaration takes over. 

📹: nicholas_west 
📸1: andrewfitts 

#bostonmarathon bostonmarathon #bostonmarathon2025 #marathonrunning

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