Chasing Forgiveness
“I explode from the starting blocks with controlled fury. I hold nothing back. Just because I am the favorite to win doesn’t mean I can’t be taken.
Nothing but the track. Forget the cheering crowds; forget everything but the hurdle looming up in front of me.
The runners—who all began staggered twenty feet ahead of each other to make up for yards lost or gained in the turns—are closing in behind me as I close in on the ones in front of me.
I throw my right leg out and leap. The hurdle sails benea...th me and rocks slightly with the wind of my passage. My foot makes contact with the ground once more. I pound through the dirt to the next hurdle and fly above that one as well, and the next, and the next.
Now we are in the straightaway. I am neck and neck with the star hurdler from the other team. It’s him or me.
So far today I’ve won both the 200-meter and 400-meter sprints. I won’t lose this one.
I turn on my second stage and blast in front of him, leaving him far enough behind so that I can’t even hear the pounding of his feet.MoreLess
Nothing but the track. Forget the cheering crowds; forget everything but the hurdle looming up in front of me.
The runners—who all began staggered twenty feet ahead of each other to make up for yards lost or gained in the turns—are closing in behind me as I close in on the ones in front of me.
I throw my right leg out and leap. The hurdle sails benea...th me and rocks slightly with the wind of my passage. My foot makes contact with the ground once more. I pound through the dirt to the next hurdle and fly above that one as well, and the next, and the next.
Now we are in the straightaway. I am neck and neck with the star hurdler from the other team. It’s him or me.
So far today I’ve won both the 200-meter and 400-meter sprints. I won’t lose this one.
I turn on my second stage and blast in front of him, leaving him far enough behind so that I can’t even hear the pounding of his feet.MoreLess
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