thisnewday

For the second time since my forced layoff from the track, I've taken seriously what my body has been telling me and walked, rather than run, my daily two miles in the snow.

Moreover, I've decided that this is what I'll content myself with - for the rest of the winter and likely for the rest of my life as well.

To be honest, I do so with profound regret. I loved the challenge of it and loved even more the possibility that I might once again do what I had done as a young man.

Because inside I'm still that person who's always needed to find and secure a place where he could win, in a conspicuous way, against life.

Now, however, I know that the journey can be long and I've decided that I want to be on my feet as close as possible to the end of it.

I don't plan on taking as long as my father took to get there. But I'll likely be walking from this point on...

LPK
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2.14.2010

For the past few days, the snowfall has been light and the temperatures moderate - for this time of year in Central New York. The track has gotten a fraction of an inch or so every other day, so it remains covered.

Still, I've managed to run on it without much problem except along the east side where it's drifted in front of the home seating. In some ways it's like running on loose sand - the muscles fatigue more quickly with the extra effort needed to maintain balance.

I've decided that my goal for the spring will be to run every other lap. By the time the others come out of their winter shelters, I want to own this track - or be buried under it. Hardcore, eh?

LPK
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2.3.2010