A 5 mile run was in store for us this day. 5 miles is what we needed to do to be on track for our 1/2 marathon training schedule. I was a bit anxious about how it would go. Hoping I could keep up and not disapoint....... Quite aware that Sally has been running more, longer, faster. A quiet voice told me that it was simply a run, nothing to worry about. We're sisters. We are accepting and encouraging of the other and Sis would be supporting of my belabored run.
It was a beautiful day. We started out from the Nike campus, Miss Sarah Belle in tow. Sisters running side by side.
I believe the last time we ran side by side was in 1995, when Sal met me at mile 20 of the Portland Marathon and ran in the few last miles with me. I remember that day like it was yesterday.
So we here we were... running, chatting, laughing, and then somewhere around mile three I began loosing steam. But Sally would have none of it. None of it!
"Use your core!", "Relax your arms!" "No, you aren't stopping" ~ A few times I had to glance over and make sure it was still my Sally and not a hired coach. "Who ARE you and what did you do with my sister?" I thought more than once.
We ended up finishing the run at my fastest pace 10:48 per mile. Excellent! ~ Thanks, Sal!
Our lunch at Blossoming Lotus was a wonderful reward to our four weeks of training and our run together.
"For there is no friend like a Sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands" Christina G. Rossetti
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