What Am I Doing Here!?

I'm standing around looking at them. Most of them have meticulously chosen apparel. All of them have running watches, which they start and stop even on their training runs. And some wear heart monitors.

I'm standing there looking at them thinking, What am I doing here!?

And the coach on the steps in front of us says, I know you are all type-A's. Distance runners are just that way.

I look down at my dirty shoes and faded shorts and stained running shirt from a race in '97 and then look back up at the coach. And I look down at my bare arm, and I picture my Ironman running watch sitting on the dresser back home.

And I know that you're all nervous that we're changing our training plan.

I look around to see grim faces staring at him. And I'm standing there still thinking, What am I doing here!?

But they sure are fun to run with.

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