“How did you know about running at a conversational pace?” Tim said. Paul smiled. “And happy Wednesday to you, too. Are your legs feeling okay after our run on Monday?” “They are,” Tim said. “And that’s why I’m curious about how you knew about running at a slower pace than I usually run. After we […]

Tim looked at his watch. He was running the same trail he had taken Wednesday, at the same time. He was hoping that the old guy he chatted with would show up again. He’d been thinking about the old guy’s question: “What are you training for?” Because Tim wasn’t training for anything. He was just […]

“Are you training for anything?” The older man had come up behind Tim, then slowed to talk. It was an innocent question. Tim should have smiled and nodded and kept running. But the surprise of a running companion startled him. Tim was running this trail for the first time. He’d been private about his exercising […]