Rita Moore came to the Prairie Fire Half Marathon hoping to break a course record.
Before the race was over on Sunday, she was fighting the urge to quit.
The 27-year-old former Wichita State runner had started aggressively, believing the women’s course record was within her reach. But as the miles wore on, her pace began to unravel. The record drifted farther away, and an old, unwelcome feeling started creeping back…