henry copeland:
.TheDancingEgg nails the dynamics -- pro and con -- that flow from running with a group pllqt.it/G8TMbC
henry copeland:
.@TheDancingEgg nails the dynamics -- pro and con -- that flow from running with a group pllqt.it/G8TMbC
I called out to my husband: “See you later. I’m running with the big dogs. I’ve got a gang now, you know.” I could hear the song from the recent Lego movie in my head: “Everything is awesome. Everything is cool when we’re part of a team.”
When I arrived at the coffee shop where we usually meet, Tina was already there with another runner. I’d messaged her the night before, asking whether the new runner was a Speedy Gonzales.
“I don’t understand,” she’d texted back.
I initially thought she didn’t understand my reference. I’m more than a decade older than she is, and when I saw her at the coffee shop tried to explain who Speedy Gonzales was.
“I know who he is,” she said. “I’m just tired of people complaining about how slow they are.”
The other woman chimed in that she was slow, though I wasn’t sure I believed her. She’d just come from swimming laps at the local pool. I’d just come from my bed.
- well.blogs.nytimes.com