Will To Win
A couple weeks ago the temperature dropped so low, even as an avid outdoor runner, I felt it wasn’t safe to run outside, so when I got the invitation to run one morning indoors, after way too many days of not running and skipping workouts, telling myself I’d run after work when it was warmer, I knew I’d have to at least give it a try. We run on these running machines similar to treadmills, but they are self propelled. The first time I tried one, I thought I’d fall off of it, it was uncomfortable, but I’ve learned a little better how to use it now, well enough to run for a little bit. And this running partner, probably one of my favorites, because we run and that’s it, no big conversations about this or that just simply facing the same direction forward and moving in place, the noise between us just the rhythm of breathing, the sound of the running machines, and whatever song happens to be playing on the music system in the gym. The first run, I slept in...