Mine was last June, on my birthday, in a 14-mile fundraiser race on Forest Service roads on the Idaho-Montana border. I hadn't officially trained for the race and my husband had run even less, so we didn't even try to run it. We jogged, walked, took about 3 dozen photos, chatted with the volunteers at water stations, and enjoyed each other's company.  The weather was sunny and beautiful and cool, and wildflowers were in bloom. We soaked in nearby natural hot springs afterward, then had a great dinner at a favorite restaurant. All day long I kept saying, This is GREAT!! Then because 14 mountainousmiles are still exhausting even when you're not really running, I slept 10 hours straight. That ne-e-e-ver happens! I'm almost afraid to do that same race again next year because this year was so perfect.

Mine was maybe 6 years ago.

It was snowing very much. I was running with the jacket with pockets, so just after 3km of running I felt that my pockets are full of snow

It was 6k race. I met one guy when I was running and as I remember we talked almost all race. It was quite funny.

Sometimes he or me said "Ok, let's catch those in front of us" and we did It's very good to run a race with a friend Or a guy you just met

I think mine was the Youngstown Ultra Trail Classic 50K (full race report here). It was a perfect day, I felt strong the whole race, the end came wayyyy sooner than I thought it would, I PRed by an hour and a half, and I met some lovely and incredible athletes. What more could you ask for? It's one of my favorite races. Those 31 miles were easier than runs I've done of half the distance.

A while ago, I met a friend every Sunday morning for a 6 mile trail run.  He's much faster than I am but he always runs along with me and we chat.  It began to rain harder and harder until it was just pouring out but it just didn't seem to bother us sloshing through the mud as fast as I could go.  I felt like I was flying.  I drove home totally soaked but really proud of my run.  I think that was the first time I really felt I could call myself a runner.

Good to see another person that knows the Run for the Diamonds.  I'm actually disappointed because I didn't realize that this year is the 100th running of it.  I'm running the Philadelphia Marathon the Sunday before and just can't do both.  Good luck to you next year.  Hopefully I'll be there too, if I don't run Philly again.

Without a doubt my first ever 20 miler was my best run ever.  It was the experience and high of a lifetime.  After starting with my group, it seemed like moments and I was off on my own running.  I don't know what posessed me... if it was the course, the area, the weather... or what.  I seemed to have an unstoppable fire and will to just do it.  Somewhere along the line I managed to hook up with some local runners and chatted away for several miles.  I somehow caught our slower runner group that started earlier day and encouraged them.  After that I pushed through the final three or four miles on my own, I managed to finish first in my group.  I looked at my Garmin and I was pushing 9:30's with little or no effort that day... it serves as motivation every time I think I have a bad run.  Just when you think all odds are against you, look what you can do without even thinking about it.  

Mine was the Crazy 8's in Kingsport Tn.  It is part of the Fun Fest  weekend.  They have kids races during the day and my six year old son ran in one.  He was so excited and he finished in the front.  That got him hooked on running and now he will run the one mile kids runs at the local races. 

The 8K is run at night .  It starts about nine or so.  The Crazy 8's clams to be the worlds fastest 8K.  The Kenyans run this race.  It was so awesome.  The course runs through Kingsport and people in the neighborhood really support the run.  They put candles in bags along the course and cheer you on.  It is in the summer and people will have sprinklers set up you can run through.  This race  is one of the first races that I ran the race at my pace.  I felt like I could run forever.  We finished in a football stadium that had artificial turf.  It was so bouncy, it felt like running on clouds.  The crowd is big and they were cheering you on.  It was the best feeling finishing.  I will never forget the feeling during the race.

I have mine and my sons race number in my race book.

www.crazy8s.org

Semperfi!