Passed by a Girl

I had a funny running story I thought I would share about this morning's run.

We all know I'm not fast, right? But I have been getting faster. So passing people is not a regular thing for me. This morning at the VERY end of our group run we passed a guy. He looked youngish - late 20's maybe, and had headphones on so I don't think he knew we were coming till we passed him. I was sure he was struggling with his ego after being passed by four middle aged women (well, at least three of us are in our late 30's, Karen brings down the average;)

Right after passing him Lindy, Karen and Lisa all went their separate ways at the corner but he and I turned down the street into my neighborhood. There is a half mile stretch that I'm alone there and I usually slow way down and cool down. At this point he was across the street from me and had picked up the pace so I was just slightly behind him - I'm sure I was in his line of vision. Just out of curiosity I picked up the pace a little. So did he. I picked it up more. So did he. I kicked it up for the last quarter mile to my quarter mile interval pace, and he never let me pass! He turned in at the corner before I do, I like to think it was because he didn't have it in him to keep up that pace, but he was probably just going home. Good for him. It was kind of fun, like a little Tuesday morning race.

I'm sure his ego is in a better place that he didn't get passed by a girl, ...again! I asked Scott if he would do the same thing and he said of course! I guess it's a guy thing.

Good luck to Lindy, Karen, Marcie, and Sharon running races in the next little bit! You've put in the training, I know you will all do awesome!