One of the toughest stretches of the runner’s life ended with her biggest accomplishment yet.
The two remain close despite Thweatt’s departure from the team; in fact, Bates served as a key source of support in the decision-making process. “She was like, ‘You’re the only one that knows what you need, and you have to be willing to trust that,’” Thweatt said. “Coming from someone like her, who has done nothing but that, it gave me the belief in myself to do it, too.”A Race of Resilience
With enough of what Bosshard called methodical patience, she might pass enough people to secure a podium spot, she thought. And since he and nearly the entire team had flown out to cheer her, traveling the course on rentedbikes, she knew she’d have support along the way—visible reminders of the full, happy life she’d newly reconstructed.
set her sights on Deena Kastor’s 2:19:36 American record beforehand, took the first half in 1:11:37, a 5:28 pace.Bates started out with the 2:24 pace group, which included D’Amato. Around mile 10, though, the 5:30 pace felt like a struggle. She deliberately let D’Amato and pacer Dylan Belles go ahead, and hit halfway in sixth place—27 seconds slower than planned, but still smiling. Whenabout her conservative strategy arose, she squashed them with Bosshard’s direction: methodical and patient.
Each time she saw Team Boss—the group biked about 14 miles around town during the race—they looked moreMeanwhile, her family got up early to watch at a bed and breakfast in San Francisco, where they’d flown for a wedding. They frantically refreshed their race app and social media feeds, wondering why more people hadn’t yet noticed what Bates was about to accomplish.
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