Young challenger...
These days it's been raining again.. darn it! Made me wonder if it's the end of the year already?! Luckily, it was good weather today so we went running at the park near our house! Finally!
As we ran, I was impressed with this young boy, about the age of 10-11, who ran side by side with us for quite a while. Then somehow, I think his ego or mischievious trait got the better of him. He was unable to catch up with us at some point but he did not give up (I admired him for that!). He will take big steps so that he can overtake us. After he overtook us, he will slow down and then when we are catching up again, he will take big steps again and then slow down to take his breath again...He did this continously for a while but dar dar and I just continued running at our own pace until we got disgusted and pissed with his behaviour as it became so freaking obvious he wants a challenge!
So towards the end of our last lap, dar dar picked up his pace and ran faster and faster. As expected, the young boy took up the challenge and chased after dar dar! But the gap between dar dar and the young boy just gets wider and wider until the young boy gave up! He changed his target to me but I don't intend to break the momentum in my run, so he realised it was no kick for him and he started to walk, to catch his breath ba!.. haha..
But at his age, I would say he's a good runner and if he continues to run like this, he will be able to excel in running when he grows up. His intermittent sprinting and slowing down would help to build up strength in his running too! So not bad!
