Time: 48 min?
Distance: 4.75 miles
Date : Wednesday, March 11 Yonsei University Running Track
Time: 1:13:02
Distance: 6.23 miles
This week has been quite active with appointments and trips to the construction site. A biting wind wants to accompany us wherever we go. So, I am combining the two runs in this blog entry. Holding oneself accountable for all to see can be a drag--but, that's why I am posting this. WYSIWYG.
Yonsei University has a new running track and soccer field. Until this year, it has been a sandlot that would be unbearable during yellow dust season. The upgrade is nice and is bringing out the neighborhood as well as providing a place for the ROTC class, the Drum Corp, the Athletic Dept, etc. to practice. Only criticism: The field has fake green PLASTIC grass on it. OUCH!
Today, a Korean fellow joined me on the track. Waited until I jogged by, then kept pace with me. His perfectly dyed and combed jet black hair was a tribute to old Korean guys (I suspect he is about my age). His pace was steady. I admired his stamina and he stayed with me through 8 laps, before I gave out (I had already done 8). One of the fears I have overcome is the inability to speak to another who does not speak "my language." In my travels, I have finally found the joy that comes with freely conversing with someone--when neither of us have a clue what the other is saying. I commented on his good looks and athletic style, the weather, his hair, asked him about family and career...he kept up his end with steady comments about I don't know what. Who cares? We enjoyed our time together and I have a new friend and running partner.
Too often, the poor are confronted with those who would talk down to them, talk past them, talk over them, talking around them, but not sharing with them. Those who are poor need friends like you to spend time with them. Listen. And share. Join me in running to end poverty one child, one family, one village at a time.
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