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"Ok.. $10"- a friendly wager between Alex and I

Last year Alex, my barber, asked me a question, "You used to be a runner, right?"  He was wondering if I would run in a 5k race at a nearby town.  I said that I had not run in years but that I would think about it.

A few days later I holding a water bottle trotted down a path which measured 5k exactly.  I ran a little, walked a lot, and eventually came back home.

I was stiff for a few days.  When I told people that I had tried to run 5k without training they reminded me that that was silly. 

So I backed off a little and decided to start by running three quarter of a mile without stopping. Success.  Then I ran it again followed by a 1.5 mi run without stopping, and again. 

Eventually I got up to the 5k level and ran in my first race in years.  With the time of 33:59 I finished the race.  SUCCESS!

I continued running and eventually got to 10 mi.  Then a had a few setbacks with my knees that I had to back off a little.

I stopped running after Christmas till April 9th when I went out and ran 1.5 mi.  On April 16th I ran 2.25 and on April 23rd I ran a 5k.  A little in pain BUT still holding up.

I am a runner again.  Why did I ever stop?

My wager with Alex is that I will cut my time from 34 to 31 and he will cut his 27 minutes down to 24.
The winner takes the prize.

Today's question is:
"What were you once, and can become again?