Steve Lackey's Blog
WORLD CHANGERS
Tuesday, 01 July 2008 00:00
Follow Everyone Until it’s Over. And Then Go Back to Sleep.
Thursday, 24 January 2008 00:00
Last month, my wife and I ran the Disney World Half Marathon together. Since this was her first half marathon race, I agreed to follow her well-thought-out race strategy: “Follow everyone until it’s over. And then go back to sleep.”
When she told me this was her plan at the start line, I laughed out loud. And although we were far from last, we took our own sweet time meandering through the course - stopping to take photographs with pirates, with penguins, in front of castles, and even of other runners as the sun rise changed the colors of our background. We had a blast and I highly recommend enjoying a big race like this every once in a while.
One key lesson, however, came at the expense of a guy only slightly more determined to get to the finish than I was. As we came up on the 9 mile water stop there was something different at the front. A group of young women with tongue depressors, each with chartreuse goo globing off one end, were standing ready to hand one to anyone who would grab it.
