The Daily - August 12,2021 - 36

Field Notes
D I E R D R E W O L O W N I C K
rooting for us!
Me! They're cheering me!
Suddenly my feet move faster.
I look up, smile at them. My
head comes up, my back gets a
bit straighter, my stride gets a bit
longer. I'm really running.
They're cheering me!
I run on, through the canyon of
The author
looks up for
encouragement
from her leader
while climbing
in New York's
Shawangunks.
buildings, back out into sweltering
Portland. The sweat stinging my
eyes no longer matters. I completely
forget the pain in my feet. Now and
then a swirl of confetti falls from my
shoulders or my hair, and I imagine
the cheering, smiling people in their
air-conditioned offices. I run faster
and harder than I thought I could,
on and on-to the finish line!
Would I have finished otherwise?
Surely
I'm disciplined enough
Encouraging Words-
At Any Age
No matter where we are on the path of life, we are
in it together. By Dierdre Wolownick
WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH DOWNTOWN PORTLAND, OREGON, THIS
evening-my daughter, myself, and thousands of other runners. June 2, the
Starlight Run. Everyone knows it doesn't (normally) get really hot in Portland.
Today, though, it's in the 90s. Sweat drips from my hair, my chin, into
my eyes; everything I'm wearing is soaked.
I slow a little; if it doesn't get noticeably cooler in the next five minutes,
I'm calling it. I'll walk back to the start, find my friends. They'll understand.
I'm not a real runner anyway. Too old. Too unfit. Not dedicated enough. My
shoes are too clunky. I hate the heat. I don't run in extreme heat or cold; I'm
a fair-weather runner, and this is definitely not fair weather.
Then we turn the corner, the people in costumes and all the other runners
and me, into a canyon of tall buildings. People are still at work, up there.
And they're cheering!
They're hanging out of all the windows, waving and cheering as if they
know each and every one of us! They're throwing confetti down into the
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streets, yelling encouragement,
shouting names of friends they
know are running, identifying
some of us by costume or hair color
or whatever they can see. They're
to carry through with a project, to
finish what I start, without people
cheering for me. I didn't know any
of those people hanging out the
windows, shouting, holding up
signs. They meant nothing to me.
And yet, there I was, bent over,
struggling for breath, sweat dripping
onto my shoes, and grinning
at a finish line I thought I'd
never see.
Maybe those cheering onlookers
really did matter. Maybe we all do.
THIS TRUTH ALSO SURPRISED
me when I started rock climbing.
Some partners manage the rope
for you as you climb without a
word. They chat with the others on
ALEX ALWAYS ASSUMES I CAN
REACH THE TOP OF WHATEVER
CHALLENGE WE SET FOR OURSELVES.
IF HE HAS DOUBTS, HE
NEVER VOICES THEM.
COURTESY DIERDRE WOLOWNICK

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