Flesh And Blood
“It was from Katherine. When he had added the necessary vowels and consonants and applied a leavening of common sense, it appeared she was running in a three-way club meeting at Loughborough that afternoon. Why didn’t he come along?
Katherine was competing in the two hundred metres and the four-by-one-hundred relay, neither perhaps her best events, but good speed training and besides, there were other athletes to accommodate. There was a small crowd but a good track and the weather conditions we...re near perfect: not too much heat and the kind of wind that could only be called a light breeze. Katherine had drawn the outside lane in the two hundred, fine if you liked cruising into the bend, the sense of being out there all on your own, but less good in that, unless you turned your head, you had no real idea for ages where the other runners were, and turning your head was something you just shouldn’t do.
Past the halfway point and with the stagger starting to unwind, it looked as though Katherine’s lead was unassailable; midway down the straight and with the tape in sight, suddenly there were three of the other runners pulling back on her; in the last moments of the race Katherine glimpsed them in the corner of her eye and dug deeper, pushing for a final surge that didn’t quite materialise.MoreLess
Katherine was competing in the two hundred metres and the four-by-one-hundred relay, neither perhaps her best events, but good speed training and besides, there were other athletes to accommodate. There was a small crowd but a good track and the weather conditions we...re near perfect: not too much heat and the kind of wind that could only be called a light breeze. Katherine had drawn the outside lane in the two hundred, fine if you liked cruising into the bend, the sense of being out there all on your own, but less good in that, unless you turned your head, you had no real idea for ages where the other runners were, and turning your head was something you just shouldn’t do.
Past the halfway point and with the stagger starting to unwind, it looked as though Katherine’s lead was unassailable; midway down the straight and with the tape in sight, suddenly there were three of the other runners pulling back on her; in the last moments of the race Katherine glimpsed them in the corner of her eye and dug deeper, pushing for a final surge that didn’t quite materialise.MoreLess
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