Local soccer coach gearing up to compete in Berlin Marathon

IDAHO FALLS – After getting deed by a car past twelvemonth and spending months successful recovery, Rob Field is getting fresh to participate successful nan Berlin Marathon.

The 33-year-old adjunct shot coach astatine Hillcrest High School precocious qualified to tally successful 1 of nan world’s prestigious races, which is happening Sept. 29. In an question and reply pinch EastIdahoNews.com, Field says he’s excited to participate successful his 2nd marathon since his injury.

“I’m a small nervous, but mostly conscionable excited for nan experience,” Field says.

Field completed nan New York Marathon successful 2 hours and 51 minutes past November. A fewer weeks aft getting home, he was deed by a car precocious 1 nighttime while connected his measurement location from work.

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“I was conscionable trying to get things graded and prepped for nan adjacent day, truthful I near a small late. It was dark. Somebody didn’t spot maine and I sewage (side-swiped connected my legs),” Field recalls.

When it happened, nan first point that entered his mind was, ‘Oh no, I’m not going to beryllium capable to run.'”

Field starting moving astir six years agone and it’s an important portion of his life. He loves it for nan beingness and intelligence conditioning it provides.

The thought of not being capable to tally again was devastating.

But miraculously, aft going to nan expert and taking a fewer X-rays, Field learned neither of his legs were broken. He had terrible musculus strain from nan hips down, which made it highly achy to locomotion aliases run.

“We did a Thanksgiving Fun Run and I came successful dormant last. Even my two-year-old boy hit me,” says Field. “I was conscionable hobbling along.”

Over nan adjacent 3 months, he was successful afloat betterment mode, which meant staying disconnected his feet arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.

Jogging for nan first clip was for illustration wholly starting over. All nan endurance he’d built up for years was gone, and Field felt defeated.

“It was ace humbling because I had to commencement each complete again. But I pitchy kept astatine it and I worked hard,” says Field.

Earlier this summer, he ran successful nan Utah Valley Marathon and sewage nan fastest clip he’s ever had successful his life.

“I ran it successful 2 hours and 39 minutes,” Field says. “I came successful sixth place. It was rather nan acquisition to spell from nan slowest I’ve ever been to nan fastest I’ve ever been.”

Rob Field moving successful nan Utah Valley Marathon | Courtesy Aubrey Field

New York and Berlin are 2 of nan six awesome world marathons. The others see Tokyo, Boston, London and Chicago. The only 1 Field hasn’t qualified for is nan Tokyo Marathon and that’s his adjacent moving goal.

He ne'er imagined he’d beryllium walking nan world to spell run, but he’s grateful for nan expertise to do it.

“I promote everyone to travel their goals and dreams. You ne'er cognize wherever it will return you,” he says.