Ok, I must tell you that running is not exactly a new adventure for me. I've been doing it for over 10 years now and started long-distance running about 5 years ago. But it became a new adventure for me this past weekend as I set a new PR! and met someone while doing it that I will never forget. She is middle-aged and it was her first long-distance race. She was officially a race "virgin."
I had all of about 5 minutes to give her my pep talk, and in the end, I think she gave me one instead. About 3 minutes into the conversation, she pulled out an index card. On it were names of people, 1 for every mile. Her plan - at every mile, to pray for that person she had listed. She had her own name for the last mile. Wow! I was truly moved by her selflessness. I don't know if she crossed the finish line, but I prayed for her several times while running and was thankful for having had the opportunity to stand next to her at the start line for those 5 short minutes.
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