Wednesday September 3, 2008

Now where were we? Oh yes, the next target to aim for

Now where were we? Oh yes, the next target to aim for (obviously this is meant metaphorically as I would definitely miss any real target with a crossbow or bow and arrow because of my visual problem, but hey I would have a lot of fun trying). 4 miles seemed a reasonable target to reach, after all I had already accomplished 3 and half miles and all I had to do was a teeny weeny little bit more. I told Michael not to mention the amount of miles we had run; I didn't want to focus on anything but the running. Any distraction like being aware of the mileage might have affected me mentally, encouraged me to slow down.

I was in for a huge surprise, not quite the biggest surprise of my life, one because I�m sure I�ve achieved other things of importance before and two, because I�m still alive so I can't really account for my whole life just yet. But it still made me gasp a bit (I was pretty exhausted and out of breath anyway), I heard the dulcet tones of Michael saying the words"5.9 miles", now I don't know about but even though that number was such a huge improvement for me, I couldn't get it out of my head that "5.9 miles" didn't sound as good as 6 miles. Kinda like almost there but not, so close and yet so far, that kinda thing.


I wanted to complete 6 but without running, now Michael wouldn't and couldn't push or carry me so it was up to my so called reliable legs to do the work. We ran a little further, boy that was hard or should I say man that was hard, you can choose which ever term you want, I�m just the writer. Altogether we had run 6.2 miles in 1 hour and 20 minutes. I felt amazed, very dead but still like I was beginning to write my own t-shirt, making the impossible possible.

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