Our bond is our shared status as retired racers. Before joining my family, he had a brief professional career - on the greyhound track.
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The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way would have been a mistake. It is just as important to erase times eventually as to save them at first.Joe Henderson
The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.
Joe Henderson
A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing.
Joe Henderson
The Chip also reduces the damage done by bandits. They still steal drinks and cheers along the course, but no longer scramble the paying runners' results. No entry fee, no Chip, no time or place.
Joe Henderson
In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of legitimate runners.
Joe Henderson
Since Buzz joined my runs, I too have run more laps - slower and bigger ones than he might otherwise do, but laps just the same.
Joe Henderson
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