Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 57, April 2014 | Page 8

Have YOUR SAY Got something on your mind that you want to share, a burning question you want answered, or a good story to tell? Then send it to [email protected]. (Note that some letters have been shortened due to space limitations.) ter inning Let W RELIVING THOSE MEMORIES For reasons too complex to explain, I had to give up long distance running, and it chews at me every day. You see, since my childhood I loved to run! We used to live on a farm and I would literally beg my father to just drop me off at least 5km from home, and I would run back on the gravel road. Oh, how I miss the sound of the stones shoved aside under my shoes, listening and controlling my breathing, the fresh air, the motion of moving to yet another end destination. I spent some of my best days running, clearing my head and living in the moment. After school I did a lot of races and discovered half marathons. Then a sudden end had to come. I miss getting up at five for a run, taking different routes, seeing fellow runners, the morning mist in the winter… and now, at times, I find myself closing my eyes and imagining myself running, and not looking back… SIGN ME UP In the Have Your Say section of the February 2014 edition, there was a letter entitled “24 hours o