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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- 27-year-old Tucson-based nurse and distance runner Sarah Sellers trains every day - but unlike many runners who dominate the big races, she (until recently) wasn’t a professional runner and had only run one marathon when she entered the best-known race in the country…and placed second in the Boston Marathon earlier this year.
Producer: Vanessa Barchfield
Videographer/Editor: Sandra Westdahl
Aerial Photography: Mike McKisson, Simon Asher
Graphic Artist: Brian Deevers
Ok to give this perspective, 4th place is a teacher and 5th place is a full time nurse. They were also as shocked as Sarah.
Great story (video)! As someone who has been a CRNA for about 35 years, run about 10 marathons, and competed in almost 200 triathlons, I believe I have a small 'window' into what you have accomplished. I never competed anywhere near your level, but I have followed, know, and admired marathon runners for a long time. I am excited to follow your success, and hope you continue to run with the full passion that has propelled you this far. I wish you the best in your anesthesia career! It can be equally rewarding. I'm looking forward to hearing about your next big race!
Like she said, opportunity presents itself. Sometimes it is there in the worst conditions. Not just in running but in life. Always look for it.
Don't stop with looking for the opportunity to present itself, because it's only good if you recognize it for what it is, then seize it & RUN with it!
This is such a beautiful story and so inspiring sometimes we just don’t know what we are truly capable of until we try.
I remember this really well. I had just started running and Sarah's acheivement inspired me to keep training and pushing up the distances. In the beginning I hated it but now I get it. I understand a lot more why people love running. I am sure I am not the only person Sarah inspired to start the sport.
Spectacular story from a beautiful woman. Congrats!
For some reason this had me in tears. Very cool story
Now that’s a beautiful story... You GO GIRL!!!
My first race was a cold rainy day in december, I had been sick the week before with migraines and didn't train. I was super nervous about people seeing me run, or not running well, but I went and even with 3 small walk breaks I ended up 3rd in my age group and a PR, which was totally unexpected. I made myself go for the experience and told myself, just run.
Super! I love the candidness about how some days you just don’t feel like running, but you get out there anyway, it’s the same for runners at all levels.
Much respect !
Congrats Sarah! Nurses ROCK!
2:43 "It taught me that I could do hard things." That lesson.
Beautifully shot video and a truly inspiring story. Well done!
Sarah : from a fellow runner to another thank you for what you do , and thank you for this inspiration. im sorry i wasn’t aware of your amazing story before .you’re just amazing ..
Shalane flanagan and others get all the hype. They were all dusted by a full time nurse.
Bretzky exactly and she was beating the first place man until the very end oof
Yi'en Liu she started 28 minutes before the men, of course she was ahead and even with a head start she got passed 🙄
I don't know Shalanes full story although I know other athletes such as Galen Rupp where advised to come out of the race via the team/ sponsor due to their HR dropping too low.
@bretzky that's cutting corners a bit, in these weather conditions, there is more at play then pure speed and endurance.. how well can the body deal with the the cold and rain is a very big factor, and Sarah obviously was better that day!! I think this is a wonderfull inspiring story, but don't go shaming the other pro athletes..
if anything this shows that typical run training slows you down; and if anyone could break the 2 hour mark most probably should be someone like usain bolt
i was jst logged into the race via internet and I wasn't expecting much excitement for me (I'm in Germany, and just a runner). But then elites dropped one by one, and suddenly you knew that these conditions will enable others to make podium. Well. Goosebumps. Thats what people don't get that don't run. The excitement, the community, and how you can identify with someone achieving something unbelievable. Gunhild Swanson anyone? Cheers!
That 2018 2nd place surprise victory is a memory that will live on and become part and parcel of Boston Marathon History.
@Jake McCoy is right but I am going to add this you lose some some and win some. Losing is part of the game or there are no victors or defeated. No heroes or vanquished. No drama. Losing is necessary and vice versa
Truly inspirational!!
That road looked nicely paved and painted 👍
Like made yesterday. Where it is ? Great story and years to come maybe Olympic Marathon ?
What an incredible story, massive congratulations to this determined woman. Sitting here debating whether to go for a run, think I got my answer!
Sarah Congratulations!!! Happy Easter Sunday!!!
Thank you for this testimonial video, has inspired me!
When watching videos like this, i think to myself 'what's my excuse?'
she's a pro, they're not built differently the same as normal people
MrLoose26 she’s a nurse first then a pro runner. How much of her competition can say something similar or much of anyone else for that matter?
Well, that was inspiring!
She ran Boston like a beast!!!
Lovely story and a fantastic achievement
If there is any athlete that I like who inspired me is Sarah Sellers! God bless what she has done!
I'd love to find a woman as strong and motivated as this awesome woman!
Every person who can finish 26.2 miles. You are Great.Godspeed
From a nurse to another, congratulations, Sarah!
Spectacular result!
Started to tear up a little at 4:45... inspiring!!
Seriously bro!!..
This video made me go for a run.
5:03 Just ran a full marathon in freezing conditions -- but still looks fresh and ready for a close-up. Definitely a role model for young women everywhere.
A role model because she still looked pretty? Maybe you meant "Just ran a full marathon in freezing conditions, and did incredibly well because of all of the hard work and dedication she put in - definitely a role model for young women everywhere" :)
@@fatxasian Thanks for calling me out; edited. Hope it's now up to par.
Wow your amazing girl. Wish me luck for the London marathon 2019. Not as fast as you tho lol 3hr 45mins hopefully 👍
Great race
Awesome congratulations Sarah.
the best things when i run is the thoughts that come to me
Good on you! You look amazing
This is amazing!
wow that´s great,keep it up Sarah
I think She's my hero
Shout out to all the heat runners out there! What's up - summer approaches!
Firstly congratulations to her, great achievement. If you notice she is sponsored by altars, however she came second in marathon wearing new balance.new balance need to get on board here, just saying..
Obviously, the sponsorship from Altra came after the Boston Marathon not before!!
People like her, is the reason I’m going to be great.
You are amazing ,congratulations!
Great video. Very nicely shot and edited. And her story is so inspiring! Would love to know what she had planned next!
Your awesome and your video is inspiring. I'm returning to running.
I wonder if the heat in Tucson helped her prepare for extreme conditions. It was so cold in Boston that day though. Real grit showed here.
Respect.
Well, she obviously is awesome. This specific year many of the elites I think chose not to run in the conditions which is why she got a podium spot of 2nd. When she ran the race in 2019 she placed 19th and 13 minutes behind the leader. With the time she ran and got 2nd, she wouldn't have placed even in the top 50 women in a normal race. Good thing she chose to run this race so she could get some attention and hit the pro circuit with a boom.
Incredible story. It some professional assistance. #1
The weather didn't favor the warm climate runners such as Kenyans.
The pace was slower than usual and it was a good thing for a change.
@Jake McCoy is right but I am going to add this they all have the grit
You don't get to that level without it
@Jake McCoy is right but I am going to add this They are pretty skinny. Most of the elite field got hypothermia.
In the first few seconds where it shows her feet, is that overpronation? My local running store told me thats what I do.
that is Supination she is doing, rolling outward. I work for a local running store and study gaits.
@@ryanmarshall2097 looks to me like shes landing on the outside and rolling inward.
Her running form and foot strike are perfect. That's how the human foot is engineered to function AND to contact the ground. That initial outside "touch" maps the terrain, sending that information to the brain, which coordinates balance. Your running store is trying to sell you shoes that have been marketed to control your feet and your stride, when what you really want is a "shoe" that simply protects you from being poked or cut. You don't really need anything else. If you want to see how the human form runs correctly, simply go to the park or the beach, take off your shoes, (leave your socks on if you like), and go for a 5min "jog". You will instantly run with near perfect form. Of course there will always be things you can do to dial in your form and make it better....for example, learning how to race fast, hill climb, sprint, etc......but overall, you will instantly have correct form. If you would like to learn more, watch the videos by Dr. Mark Cucuzzella th-cam.com/video/zSIDRHUWlVo/w-d-xo.html Please note: he's running barefoot ONLY to better display for the camera, how the human body runs. He IS NOT attempting to get people to run barefoot.
She is so nice and sweet. Does anybody know the name of the song towards the end of the video?
you are powerful and awesome
amazing lady
Inspiration
What up with the editing @ 2:21 goes wild for about 40 seconds
It was on purpose to help describe chaotic whirlwind stories of many different injuries
@@jasonvanhaselen5238 One way to look at it, I kinda saw it as them just cutting and trimming the heck out of a probably really good story to slim it down.
For how long is she running? How many years.
What time
Just wanna give a huge shoutout to Arizona, the heat will make anything seem bearable
If anything, the Arizona heat hinders training. It doesn't make you any tougher, any faster, or any more fit. That's why very few top athletes train there.
Name of the song at the end of the video
Oscar Rojas look for sympathy by Luciano Rossi
solid technique
😊❤️
She gave up Utah for Tucson! Ugh
Am I the only one completely confused by this clip. I see this girl running in perfect conditions like a penquin (excuses my language) and then running in the rain with a natural perfected stride with lots of push force from the hips. Also she runs way more fierce (competitive) during the marathon, which is understandable.
wow all that confusion in a race.. hard to believe that she didnt know
Have you seen footage of the whole race (or at least majority of it)? She was not with the lead group, I'm guessing most of the elites slowed down or did not finish due to hypothermia. And she did say she was delirious at the later part of the race.
Damn Altra! Give this woman some real money so she don’t have to work full time.
😊👍👏
As a guy who ran for 30 years, my advice is to run for health and unless you have some talent, run for nothing else. That means that in all likelihood you should not run marathons. Not even one. As Sarah says, she seems to always been on the verge of injury. That is not a wise running philosophy unless there is something tangible to run a marathon for other than a tee shirt. You will know if you have running talent because if you are under the age of 35 you can go out the door and in very modest physical condition run a sub 7 minute mile. If you are huffing and puffing to do a 10 minute mile, welcome to the land of ordinary plodders, which is 98% of the running population. Train and build up your stamina and leg strength and run 4 miles a day 4 or 5 days a week. Never any more than that. If the tee shirts are really nice, pay the $12 and run a 10K. But only if the tee shirts are decent.
Randall Anderson
Haha. I used to think runners were nuts! I got talked into joining one of those crazy relay team runs. Ran my first prep 5k just after my 40th birthday. Surprised myself, ended up being the second strongest runner on our team.
Got hooked on running. Worked up to a half marathon. It kind of hurt. Thought why would you ever want to go twice as far in a race. But couldn’t resist the challenge.
Long story short, ten years and 19 marathons later, I ran my last marathon in Huntsville Utah. The same one that was Sarah’s first.
Wishing now I’d paid more attention to the winners and had her autograph my bib that day. Haha
@@hankdaniels7384 The oddest runner's story I can think of comes courtesy of my sister, Helen. This was about 35 years ago. Helen was in her mid 30s. She was not overweight but she was a sedentary person who smoked about two packs of cigarettes a day. She decided that she would run in the Columbus Marathon. Helen quit smoking and began the long process of physical conditioning. She started off running a few hundred yards at a turtle's pace. In about three months she was doing 5 miles at about 12-minute mile pace 5 times a week. My sister made it to the big day uninjured and as ready to go as she would ever be. I was on the marathon routine at about the 15-mile mark. About 3 hours after the start of the race, Helen plodded by me, looking okay, all things considered. I then drove to the finish line and watched her cross about a nearly 6 hours after the start. Late that afternoon I wondered how Helen was doing so I traveled over to her house. She was sitting on her front porch smoking a cigarette.
"A cigarette!? What the hell is going on?" I blurted.
"My goal was to run in the marathon, and I did," my sister explained, taking a puff on the Viceroy cigarette between her fingers. "I'm done.
To this day she has never run another step, and she still smokes.
90 miles a week, that is incredible. I got up to 34 miles while training for a marathon and that was a stress on my body. But then again I weigh 180# 5ft 9in, way too stocky for long distance running. I enjoy the 5k and 10k runs, shorter and easier to train for.
Disagree - I ran my first race as an adult which also my first marathon in 2010 at age of 53 - took 5 hour and 7 mins - 7 and a half months later, I completed my 5th marathon with a time of 3,31 minutes, Since have completed 27 marathons with half of them on mountains - I run not specifically for health but for the love of running. I run shorter distances but my love first would be for the marathon with my focus being on trails and mountains - yes I have had injury issues since I started racing but have dealt with them so far by exercises to deal with existing muscular imbalances and with occasional physio. Next year at age 62, I hope to run my first ultra - why ? I am curious and I think I can do it - and at age 62 what else would I be doing ??? Worrying about my age and dying ? No thanks...I'm off for a run
@@amblincork There are always people who do not fit any normal profile. After all, there really are masochists. And running for one's health can very possibly include mental health. But I think I was referring primarily to those who run because they think it's cool, or because their girlfriend (or their prospective girlfriend) runs. And I was targeting those who go overboard and tear-up a knee or screw-up a hip at age 50 because their body was not well suited for running huge distances at that age.
damn ... her cadence seems crazy!
Yeah seems right about pro cadence
She’s a beautiful Forrest Gump
I thought the 2018 Boston marathon had bad weather until she mentioned there were headwinds of 20-27mph. Where I come from winds can reach around 50+ mph as standard.
Paulo P bad weather for a marathon moran...
Boston's weather has more mood swings than a pregnant lady
Pretty woman
And she runs in Altras
Let's run together
@StealthyMonk i want Sarah
👍México City 👏👏👏
着地は上手り
And then there's Lorena Ramirez, a 23-year-old ultra-marathon runner that runs in plastic sandals and a skirt.
th-cam.com/video/25DE-1rO3qM/w-d-xo.html
goosbumps
She has pretty legs
Who was "stunned" by a woman running 2:44:04 when she ran 2:44:27 just 7 months earlier on a hot day? BTW, she ran Boston again this year in 2:36:42 - and placed 19th. Getting 2nd in Boston last year was a fluke.
Shes is a freaking angel, just stunningly gorgeous. Wifey material
Ben Simmons ben shuddnt u b dunkin a basketball 🏀?? leev my woman alone😎
Her husband is an Orthopedic Surgery resident. Kind of cool that they may get to work together in the OR in the future.
What's not to like about this girl?
She's married.
The editing at 2.30 is terrible
But the rest of the video was so good??? Why did you have to point out this nanosecond-long mistake??? Someone probably worked really hard on it???
I think the editing was actually done that way on purpose... to "string together" all the voiceovers about the various injuries/pains/difficulties/etc
I rather liked it. It added an ethereal dreamy quality. This wonderful girl is living in that dream.
Of course shes married lol
Oh, please, c'mon, she probably took the bus. 1 min. off the world record time in the rain - yeah, we're being hoaxed at the boston marathon again.
The time you saw on the clock was for the men's race.
What award did she got for winning the Boston Marathon? I hope that it makes her a millionaire. If not, then its just a waste of time.
....so you lost.
you need to thank God for second in Boston
Don't discount the enormous amount of work she dedicated to running and she might not even be religious.
that's a silly thing to say ...
@@samhackett4181 No one needs to be in order to be thankful.
Why oh why westerners are getting sick of God and Religion?
@@adader for starters, we do not all believe that the first place runner prayed harder
"Just getting out there and doing it is success."
- Sarah Sellers
I love this story. I’ve never paid much attention to the Boston Marathon results or any other distance races for that matter, but that day when I heard about Sarah Sellers, a relative unknown, taking 2nd at Boston, her story captured me. I stopped whatever I was doing on that day of the marathon and watched all the news stories about her that day. She is such a great inspiration, not just for athletes, but for everyone as an example of what humans can accomplish with motivation and discipline. Most of us never come close to reaching our potential in life, but here is a young woman that works in a demanding and stressful occupation all day and then goes home and puts herself through a challenging workout, either after work or at 4am in the morning. How can you not admire that type of dedication? Because of Sarah, I’ve started working out again (I will be 63 years old tomorrow) and there are mornings when I wake around 4am and really don’t want to get out of bed but many times I’ll think, “OK, Sarah is getting ready to hit the road for a workout so I have no excuse for staying in bed.” That’s been enough motivation to get me going on my workouts on mornings when I’m not motivated. I look forward to following her future successes.
go girl
@Arshad Sherif MA MEd
such a shit comment on top of a good comment from Dan Blevens, he's not obsessed, just admiration. A man can admire a woman's athletic prowess without needing to turn it into a 'perve'.
Dan Blevins I hope Sarah has/will read this
Getting 2nd was a total fluke. This year she ran 2:36:42 and placed 19th - which is more realistic, considering her time.
Dan Blevins, go for it buddy, pound the streets into submission!!!
After a full marathon in sub temperature storm, she still looks like a millionaire, stunning and beautiful. Amazing!
I agree , she doesn't look knackered at all. Looks like she could run it again right then.
NEWS FLASH: Air temps don't change your body composition.
@@cy8685 Who are you? It sounds like you are a troll, commenting negative things about her every chance you get. You do realize that she's not even running full time right? She's a nurse and also, air temps can change your running time. Especially since she said she trains in hot weather and it was freezing that day.
@@JoeARedHawk275 1) I've never said anything negative about her, but I have stated facts. 2) By your standards, NO ONE is a "full-time" runner. Even if you're running 100 miles a week, that's only 10-12 hours a week of running (for an elite runner). 3) You obviously are unaware that she trains as much as any other world-class runner. 4) Training in heat in NO WAY deters you from being able to run well in the cold. You must be a novice at running, if you run at all! 🙄
@@cy8685 Lol keep acting like a hotshot, but we all know you're just a troll. I don't need to reply to such a toxic person. Show me your records and then I'll respond, otherwise it just wastes my brain cells replying to such negativity.
This piece was soo well done! Great story 🙂
Sarah
You come from Doug Padilla and Paul Cummings Country....Utah!
And by the way my training partner, Duncan Macdonald was US 5km record holder, multi winner of Hawaii marathon and made Olympics in 3rd year Med School....became Anesthesiologists! I think he ran 2:12at boston while on call that week....goigle these guys.
Now you are among their ranks.
Big challenge is what will happen next. Real challenge. But no one ever can take 2nd at Boston off your resume.
Quick advice: 1. Forget all mileage stuff...run total TIME running not distance.
Run very slowly so your knees ache...this builds new capillary beds (I ran 2:20 by just doing nothing but that n jumped into marathon on a whim....i was fresh see..in the legs).
Then start learning about strong fartlek leading to track workouts....you cant get away from speed...it makes you tougher n faster over 40km....try winnibg some 5ks n 10ks.
Think broadly n train wisely.
Congrats by the way
Everyone hobbles after boston
This is such an empowering story! Best of luck to this girl! She is the face of tomorrow's elite female distance runners!
Just fantastic! Totally inspiring
She ran so well she earned an Altra sponsorship! That's awesome!
Forefoot striker. The best technical advantage to running. Marathon, 800 meters, it matters not the distance. It matters the training and the technical application of a mind that is set in visualization of mandating great success. /salute! Well Done!