The young boy and I set off together on his birthday morning. It’s been a long time since we ran together; what better than today. We had decided the loop sequence beforehand. He struggled but powered on.
A good litmus test is always if the last kilometre is strong and it was. The struggle is temporary and often inevitable. Afterwards we went to Fig and picked up fresh lime sodas to go.
On the way home, the aforementioned sequence of songs across genres, chosen by him, rounded up a perfect birthday morning.
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