1st of June

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him and he with Me." - Jesus the Holy Son of God

Just got back from a beautiful 8 miler with Mark and the Pink Flash.  What a perfect day that the Lord has made.  Let us rejoice and be glad in it!  It was more of a recovery run after yesterday's "Morocco Challenge."  The now infamous day started with Scott, Logan and I biking the 19+ miles to the nearby hamlet of Morocco.  It was a challenging ride into the west wind.  No gravel, no dogs, no traffic, no worries.  On the way over we discussed life, running, biking, etc.  Scott expressed concern about not knowing the course.  He also mentioned wanting to come in ahead of Roger, the local 58 year old running legend.  We laughed about it and continued our journey. 

We arrived to a small field of runners and snazzy purple shirts.  As the race began, Scott immediately shot to the lead and held on strong.  He burned up and wasted a North Newton High School Cross Country runner, who had to start walking at about the 1 mile mark.  A man from the Kennukk Running Club was close behind him.  Wise Roger held on to third.  It looked like Scott had it in the bag.  

Logan and I ran most of the race together with him pulling ahead of me to make us 5th and 6th.  Logan's fiance was the top female finisher.  After crossing the finish line, I started looking around for Scott to congratulate him.  He was no where to be found.  It turns out Scott missed a critical turn and keep going straight.  He got very far off course and came back like 20 minutes after Logan and I finished.  The funny thing was that the Kennukk followed him, leaving Roger to win the whole thing.  

So this is the tale of how Scott came to be known as "Raging Bull."  He coulda been somebody, he coulda been a contender.

We rode the 20+ miles to Original Devon's Family Resturant for a very big breakfast, and even bigger stories of the day.