Michelle Renner's Run of Courage
Michelle Renner's Run of Courage. On Friday May 11th at the St. Vrain Invitational in Longmont....the depth of the clouds blocking out the sun bestowed a cool and dark evening for over a hundred student athletes waiting to run their final 1600m race of the 2018 regular season. For many it was a final chance to run fast enough to make the 2018 State Championship in the coming week. For Michelle Renner the overcast clouds and cool darkness of the evening was fitting. Standing with her coach, family and a couple of teammates, the darkness consumed her unlike anytime in her four year career. The tears welled up inside and burst from her eyes. Tears; the evidence of the pressure of the end, the evidence of the daunting task before her. Michelle had reached a breaking point, and their was nothing left of her strength to hold on to. She had reached the end. It was a week before, May 1st... where the end had begun. The text read... " Hi Stenny I'm sorry it's so