A South Carolina mother of four died over the weekend after collapsing moments after completing a half marathon. Amanda Peake Glover was a devoted youth ministry teacher and choir singer who'd only one month before had completed the Myrtle Beach marathon with her brother. Glover was also a co-owner of an Elgin fitness center, leaving her mourning friends and family all the more shocked at her sudden death following Saturday's race. Collapsed: South Carolina mother-of-four Amanda Peake Glover died Saturday after running the Palmetto Half Marathon . Her husband, Benji, is, no doubt, the most shocked of all. Amanda's friend Ashley Blocker says Benji was just behind his wife of nine years in the Palmetto Half Marathon. 'He was four minutes behind her,' Blocker told WLTX. 'I'm sure he thought well I'll catch up with her at the finish line and she'll gloat about how she beat me and we'll go about our day, you know. It makes you hold people a little bit tighter and not take things for granted.' Blocker met Glover at Fitness 535 in Columbia, which Glover co-owned. 'I watched her mother her four children], and if I'm half the mother she was, then I'll be doing a really good job,' Blocker said. Amanda was a fitness lover and a month before her death had run a full marathon with her brother, who said they crossed the finish line hand-in-hand. Fitness lover: Amanda was a fitness lover who co-owned a fitness center and only a month before her death had run a full marathon . Shockiong: Her brother Josh said he and his sister had finished the Myrtle Beach Marathon hand-in-hand just a month ago . 'It hasn't completely hit me yet,' Josh Peake said. 'I feel like i'm going to wake up from a dream. She ran the race of life.' While the exact cause of Amanda's death remained unclear, the circumstances were eerily commonplace. Amanda and just crossed the finish line when she simply collapsed. She was rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital but was soon pronounced dead. She is survived by her husband Benjamin, daughters Hope, Reagan and Caroline and son Walker. 'It hasn't completely hit me yet,' Amanda's brother Josh Peake said. 'I feel like i'm going to wake up from a dream. She ran the race of life' Left behind: She is survived by her husband Benjamin, daughters Hope, Reagan and Caroline and son Walker .
Adam Leheup ran Fitness 535 in Columbia, South Carolina and was a devoted youth ministry teacher and worked as a property manager . Her husband Benji was just minutes behind when she collapsed and was rushed to a hospital, where she died for reasons that remain unclear . Glover was an avid fitness fan who, only just a month ago had run the Myrtle Beach marathon .