She needed two more laps to get to 100K but said she was too cold to go on. I grabbed a fleece-lined poncho out of my car, wrapped her in it, and nudged her to keep going “because you’re too close now.”At 6:30 a.m., the sky started to shift from black to charcoal to gray. I didn’t really see a reason to stop now that I was up and moving forward again. He slowed to a walk, so I walked with him, talking about inane things to distract his brain and help him keep moving forward. By 8 a.m., the moon was just a smudge in a light blue sky, and the grass glittered with frost.

Source: International New York Times January 05, 2021 21:33 UTC