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Dear Monique,
I had myself convinced that we were good together. I took a doctor’s comment that I was “healthy but for the extra weight” and focused on the healthy part. I didn’t feel bad with you but how was I to know any better. We’d been together fo so long! I couldn’t remember what life was like without you.
Even when I began leaving the others it seemed unlikely that you and I would ever part. We hadn’t looked at each other let alone spoken in years. Given my history, you had no reason to worry. I’d never get around to you.
Obviously, I did.
I took you for a final run along the beach. I’m not very fast yet. I don’t stop though and that’s where I keep digging up wins. The new street lights have yet to be completed. My footsteps fell on dark pavement as we moved through the cold air.
I look at the lights across the water. I breathe. I listen to the words of a song for a few stanzas. I breathe. It’s so cold out. I curl my fingers into fists and squeeze my thumbs to warm them. I breathe. It takes so long for me to warm up, I think. I don’t seem to be able to lengthen my stride until nearly two miles in. I breathe deeply. Keep running. Keep breathing. Don’t stop.
I didn’t notice the moment you left.
I was busy breathing.
Too bad for Monique…
Accomplishing this much is great Seth, keep breathing, never stop.
Yeah, you know, I’m not sad to see Monique go.
Are you planning on starting up the Primal Stride challenges? I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed them. Puhlease? With a cherry (no sugar added, just the straight fruit) on top?