| Apparently the "Fast Cartoon Start Rack" malfunctioned for me. Throughout the WHOLE race, the whole pack was on the far horizon from where I was huffing and puffing! I guess "sneaking too many smokes" was catching up with me! When I FINALLY crossed the finish line and felt like I was just microseconds from a fatal heart attack, a feeling of real accomplishment came over me! AT LAST I had participated in a real High School sport! Uncle Ned can never call me a "Quitter" again! I proved at last that I could do it! Unfortunetely my Greatest (and only Life-time Sport's Feat went unwitnessed , since EVERYONE else was gathered elsewhere to watch and cheer at the near completion of the MILE run! After that, I decided that my short-lived sports participation was forever finished! When we finally got back to the school I didn't dare go down to the shower room since I didn't want or need a "3rd coat" of brown liquid and athlete's foot dust from all the other guys! I just got in my car and proudly drove home wallowing in my small but very significant self-victory! That was good enough for me! |
