Out of My League
Portland Marathon on the back of her shirt hit me like a billboard shouting EXIT HERE! Six weeks earlier, inspired by the scale displaying the upper end of my annual winter weight, I’d signed up to run a 10k. I’d no sooner put my plan in place when headlines read Spring Fails to Start in the Midwest. Shivering sleet and snow substituted for the hoped-for season of cool mornings and sunny afternoons. Respite from the weather came during a beach week with friends. I pledged a daily run. Chill and rain followed me to the coast, but persistence meant progress.
