During the entire run tonight, my mind churned. Hmm what to write about, what to write about?
Do I write about the Gazelle and how he ran another 10 km in preparation for Around the Bay in a few weeks in a lightening fast pace of 54 minutes? Ok, 54 minutes and a few odd seconds. Nah, I quickly threw that idea out. It will only remind me that I need to go out on Sunday and run a 10 km myself.
I could write another blog about car part thingies and runner part thingies. But I thought, nah, I’ll save that one for a time when I am really in a silly mood.
Well, what about …. but threw that one out before it even reached germination stage.
And then it hit me, the answer was so simple it was right in front of me the whole time. And then at the half way point of the run it left me alone. To finish my own race.
Meet a couple of my running friends from the Runners Den. Jim and Dave. Unlike me they are real runners. They are getting ready to run the full Bay. While I work my way up to a 10 km relay. There’s nothing wrong with running a 10. But there is nothing wrong with running a 30 either.
It’s just that I need to run my own race.
Jim and Dave are also really fast. Well, compared to me they are fast. I have tried to keep them in sight while I do longer runs with them. I think they have taken me under their wing. I am perhaps some experiment that might go horribly wrong. Or it just might go horribly right.
They ran part of the way with me tonight. And then at some point we lost each other.
We all knew at some point we would all meet up again. Because isn’t that what this running family is all about? Coming together in the end?
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