go another half mile and then you can rest for a minute.’ I had a blast for the first 16, but everything after that was not fun. It didn’t feel like a race, more like survival. 写真アップロード When I was done I was so happy it was over, it was almost more relief than joy.”
“I can’t even imagine doing that,” Jessica shook her head. “It’s amazing.”
“I’m impressed,” Kate agreed. “The discipline that must take….”
“Yeah, well,” he blushed. “I remember in the last five miles that this strange silence came over me – even though every mile there were these annoyingly loud bad bands playing. I went to this quiet place inside my head that just said ‘keep going.’”
Kate felt like she could relate to that. Gavin was nearly gone, she could focus on work and Jack again. She needed to find the quiet place inside her own head. Just keep going.
“Oh, and the soreness for about six days was something else…. Stairs felt like Mt. Everest,” Tom added with another smile. Kate and Jessica both winced a little. They could only imagine what that must have been like.
Kate walked away from the lunch thinking she would pay attention to the outcome of this year’s marathon for a change – and she’d root for Tom to win again.
Chapter Nine
That quiet place in her head that urged her to just keep going did the trick. The day came when Gavin got on a plane for London and she could breathe again. Well, after spending the morning sobbing she could breathe again. She’d even met Justin—the reporter from the Chronicle—for the coffee she’d promised and made a lunch date with Alicia, a D.J. from the adult alternative station in town. She’d intended to work late that first day, but the longer she stayed, the more agitated Liz got.
“You really should go home now,” Liz finally threw her hands up in the air, exasperated for some reason Kate could not fathom.
“But I wanted to get a little more done. The wedding is right around the corner,” Kate frowned, leaving off the fact that she didn’t want to go 中古車 home to a ridiculously silent apartment yet again.
“You might need to go just to keep Liz from hyperventilating. I think she’s worried about you spending too much time here,” Jessica intervened. “Why don’t Ryan and I swing by for dinner later?”
“Okay,” Kate hesitantly agreed,
“I can’t even imagine doing that,” Jessica shook her head. “It’s amazing.”
“I’m impressed,” Kate agreed. “The discipline that must take….”
“Yeah, well,” he blushed. “I remember in the last five miles that this strange silence came over me – even though every mile there were these annoyingly loud bad bands playing. I went to this quiet place inside my head that just said ‘keep going.’”
Kate felt like she could relate to that. Gavin was nearly gone, she could focus on work and Jack again. She needed to find the quiet place inside her own head. Just keep going.
“Oh, and the soreness for about six days was something else…. Stairs felt like Mt. Everest,” Tom added with another smile. Kate and Jessica both winced a little. They could only imagine what that must have been like.
Kate walked away from the lunch thinking she would pay attention to the outcome of this year’s marathon for a change – and she’d root for Tom to win again.
Chapter Nine
That quiet place in her head that urged her to just keep going did the trick. The day came when Gavin got on a plane for London and she could breathe again. Well, after spending the morning sobbing she could breathe again. She’d even met Justin—the reporter from the Chronicle—for the coffee she’d promised and made a lunch date with Alicia, a D.J. from the adult alternative station in town. She’d intended to work late that first day, but the longer she stayed, the more agitated Liz got.
“You really should go home now,” Liz finally threw her hands up in the air, exasperated for some reason Kate could not fathom.
“But I wanted to get a little more done. The wedding is right around the corner,” Kate frowned, leaving off the fact that she didn’t want to go 中古車 home to a ridiculously silent apartment yet again.
“You might need to go just to keep Liz from hyperventilating. I think she’s worried about you spending too much time here,” Jessica intervened. “Why don’t Ryan and I swing by for dinner later?”
“Okay,” Kate hesitantly agreed,