Not today.<\/p>\n
Perhaps if you got me during my first lap.\u00a0 After all, I was on a recovery run and my right calf was giving me grief.\u00a0 I was running slowly, just enjoying my time outdoors.<\/p>\n
But something funny happened after that first lap.\u00a0 I stretched some more, and I loosened up.\u00a0 I still forced myself to keep it slow; I’d go only as fast as felt good.\u00a0 By the time you came up on me, I had run about 4.5 miles.\u00a0 I felt GOOD.\u00a0 “Spirit of the Marathon” was spurring me on.\u00a0 I could hear the “slap, slap, slap” of your shoes against the gravel behind me, but I refused to slow to let you pass.\u00a0 Did I mention I felt good?<\/p>\n
Sure, if you had passed me I wouldn’t be disappointed.\u00a0 I’ve come to understand and respect the role of the recovery run.\u00a0 But I decided if you were going to pass me, you were going to work for it.\u00a0 I don’t know what happened to you (heck, I don’t even know if you were a guy or a gal), but at some point I stopped hearing your foot falls.<\/p>\n
Perhaps you were done, or perhaps you decided this old broad was too fast for you to pass.\u00a0 Doesn’t matter, ‘cuz I felt GOOD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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