Running helped Rena Elmer overcome heartbreak and make it to the starting line in Atlanta.
Around mile 14 of the 2019 Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Rena Elmer made a choice.
But she prayed and decided otherwise. “The Lord always keeps coming back and saying: ‘No,’” said Elmer, who belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “‘Running is this gift I’ve given you, and it’s going to help you get through your challenges.’”Courtesy of Helen Photography and Cross Timbers GazetteElmer grew up in tiny Beaver, Utah. Her competitive drive first kicked in while running laps in fourth grade. One day, she decided to beat everyone, boys included—and she did.
was short of the automatic time qualifying standard and the field filled with 24 runners. She was 25th by 0.02.Elmer had twins, Talon and Taryn, in 2009. During that pregnancy, she developed toxemia and gained 67 pounds. After their birth, she required two blood transfusions. Two months passed before she could walk two blocks.
In 2015, she learned her husband had abused one of their children. Elmer is very particular about how much she discloses—it’s not her story to tell, she said. The crime broke apart her family and sent her now ex-husband to jail for 13 years. In the spring of 2016, she ran two more personal bests—9:56.13 and 9:52.66—and finally qualified for the Trials in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Despite having the slowest time heading in, Elmer made the final by runningElmer’s longtime friend Maria-Elena Calle, a former Virginia Commonwealth University standout who ran the 2016 Olympic Marathon for her native Ecuador, watched the races with pride.
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