Jackie Freeman and daughter Tiernee. Courtesy of Color Your Recovery. age category and added an extra five minutes to her qualifying time; 3 hours and 40 minutes was the qualifying time but Jackie made 3 hours and 35 minutes her goal. Jackie trained throughout last winter and made her first attempt at qualifying at the Lincoln Marathon in May. However, a motorcycle accident in mid-March had caused her to stop running for about four weeks while she focused on physical training for her injured foot. She continued cross training on a bicycle to keep up her cardio condition. She was able to recuperate enough to run but she had to drop down to the half marathon, but she was looking towards any future races and did not want to injure herself further. Jackie knew that another qualifying race, the Swan Lake Marathon in Viborg, was coming up just six weeks after Lincoln and decided that Swan Lake would be her first attempt to qualify for Boston. However, Swan Lake would be another disappointment when the weather forecast showed an extreme heat advisory. The race moved the start time to much earlier in the morning but about halfway through the race the heat became intense. After mile 16, Jackie was forced to do a bit of walking and the goal became just crossing the finish line. Jackie’s husband and some friends helped encourage her to finish and Jackie found herself crossing the line in first place for women but her time was 30 minutes slower than qualifying time. Swan Lake Marathon ended up being the fourth hottest marathon in all of the United States for 2016. Two months later, Jackie met vMARATHON continued on page 13 Save up to Jackie Freeman. Photo courtesy of her husband. 2100 $ On A Qualifying Home Comfort System and Have Up To 10 Years* To Pay For It! includes utility & manufacturing rebates Serving Yankton, Vermillion and Surrounding Areas *Call Ethan or Jamie For Complete Details HEATING & COOLING 920 Broadway, Yankton • 605-665-9461 • www.larrysheatingandcooling.com HERVOICEvJANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017v11