Giving A Push

Fast run today with Laurna, an incredible Achilles hand cyclist. This was actually my first time guiding a cyclist, so it was a nice, new experience for an otherwise normal Saturday. Running alongside a hand cyclist was difficult on some of the flats and downhills, because she can go so fast! I had to sprint many times just to keep up. Normally, I hate sprinting. It hurts and it’s hard. But with Laurna, it's different; suddenly I’m not sprinting for me anymore, but I’m sprinting to keep up with someone who needs my help. It’s not about me and how fast I can go, but how fast I have to go in order to help someone else. 

I should also mention that Laurna has a very quiet voice. But, many times throughout the run, Laurna asked me for  “a little push” when we were on an uphill. So I suppose it’s not just the flats and the downhills that are tough when guiding a cyclist. Pushing her on an uphill while running was tough too. But it didn’t matter that it was tough, or that my muscles screamed every time I gave her a push, because it wasn’t about me and if my muscles wanted to stop, or if they needed a little push. It was about Laurna. Leave it to Achilles to make me a sprinter!