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I was at a Native American reservation<\/a> in California, two hours from the nearest big city. A desert landscape of scrub brush and rocky slopes extended in all directions.<\/p>\n

I was here to run. And I was pretty intimidated.<\/p>\n

It was November 2019, and I had just arrived at the Ragnar Los Coyotes trail relay race<\/a>. The annual race is a grueling multiday relay through the rugged beauty of Los Coyotes Indian Reservation in San Diego County.<\/p>\n

More than 200 runners were here, camped out in a small city of tents. I knew no one. Everyone looked way younger\u2014and fitter\u2014than I was.<\/p>\n

My husband, Tom, thought I was nuts when I signed up.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me get this straight,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re going to fly from North Carolina to California, meet up with total strangers, drive two hours into the mountains where cell phones don\u2019t work and there\u2019s no running water. Then you\u2019re going to camp with those strangers while competing in a multiday relay race<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n

Now I was asking myself the same question. I gazed at the sleek, toned athletes setting up their tents and chatting about past trail races they\u2019d run.<\/p>\n

I was 58, a former teacher and stay-at-home mom of two grown kids. I\u2019d been a recreational runner for years; I\u2019d even competed in races. But I\u2019d never run a trail race in my life. Nothing like this. Some runners travel around the world to compete in big-name marathons<\/a> or off-road races in spectacular locations. Not me. Family came first.<\/p>\n

The previous year, Kate, our younger daughter, had gone off to college. Suddenly I was free to try a bigger adventure. When an online moms\u2019 running group advertised this rugged race on the other side of the country, I jumped at it.<\/p>\n

My training would be considered a joke by the elite runners here. There are no big hills in my North Carolina town. If I wanted to run up a hill, I\u2019d have to go to a parking garage.<\/p>\n

Neighbors watched and wondered as I slogged through two runs a day in the August heat. One pulled up beside me in her car and asked if I wanted to sign up for a text message group she hosted that sent daily Bible verses<\/a> to members\u2019 phones.<\/p>\n

\u201cSure!\u201d I said. I needed all the encouragement I could get<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Like right now. I felt alone in this remote landscape. I couldn\u2019t even call Tom or the girls. No cell service.<\/p>\n

I joined my relay team. We were eight women from around the United States selected by the moms\u2019 running group. I was the oldest by far. We gathered around the tent where we\u2019d sleep during the race. We talked about the course, three loops of increasing difficulty with a total elevation change of nearly 4,000 feet.<\/p>\n

Each member of the team had to take turns running each loop. It would take more than 24 hours for everyone to complete the entire course.<\/p>\n

Ping!<\/em>We looked around. The sound came from my cell phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you just get a text<\/a>?\u201d one of my teammates asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did,\u201d I said, puzzled.<\/p>\n

I was even more puzzled when I read the message. It was a Bible verse. From Isaiah, chapter 41: \u201cSo do not fear<\/a>, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.<\/p>\n

\u201dIt was my neighbor\u2019s Bible verse group text. How did it show up on my phone? It was evening; she usually sent the texts in the morning. And there was no reception here.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a Bible verse<\/a>,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s hear it,\u201d someone said.<\/p>\n

I read the words aloud.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that is something to think about,\u201d another teammate said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive minutes to start!\u201d our team leader cried. The discussion ended, and we scrambled to gather our things and head to the starting line.<\/p>\n

I was runner number five on the team. It was getting dark when I began laboring up the rocky trails of the first loop. I had to walk and grab tree branches to haul myself up the steepest slopes. What if I fell? My headlamp slipped. I kept running.<\/p>\n

First loop.<\/p>\n

Second loop.<\/p>\n

I tried to nap in the tent until the final, toughest loop. Day was breaking as I set out. Oh boy, the first two loops had been a warm-up by comparison. Almost immediately I had to walk, too discouraged to run up trails that seemed almost vertical.<\/p>\n

Runners passed on either side. My lungs burned. I wanted to stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeft foot, right foot,\u201d a runner chanted as he zipped by.<\/p>\n

I stopped and caught my breath. The verse from Isaiah sounded in my head: I will strengthen you and help you.<\/em>I wasn\u2019t alone; God was with me. I can do this, <\/em>I told myself. All I had to do was move my left foot, then my right foot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I got going again and picked up speed. I pushed onward. All of a sudden, I heard cheering ahead. My teammates were hooting and clapping as I crossed the finish line<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We waited for three more runners on our team to finish. As the last one approached, we ran onto the course and joined her across the finish line. We hugged each other, our dusty faces streaked with tears. We took photos with our medals, packed up our campsite and headed for San Diego.<\/p>\n

As soon as my team members and I got back in cell range, all of our phones started buzzing. Mine lit up with multiple texts from Tom and the girls, asking how the race was going and sending me encouragement.<\/p>\n

None of those texts had made it through.<\/p>\n

Only one did. The one I\u2019d needed the most.<\/p>\n

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