Profound experience this weekend

So I was at the track near the local highschool in my town this weekend because I wanted to get a few laps to get my heart rate up before I pulled a 2k that monday. (2k is a standard test distance for rowing) I was just about to start when I noticed a girl running around the track. Now this would have been completely normal except for the fact she had prosthetic running legs. It was a rather amazing sight to see someone doing the very thing that you would think would be impossible. After a couple of minutes standing captivated by the experience I decided to run next to her as she looked around my age and my curiosity got the better of me. She soon noticed and picked up the pace I followed. This continued for a couple of minutes until I couldn’t keep up anymore. Now I am 6’1" 180lbs and in good shape so the fact that she was out running me was a very humbling experience. After a while we both finish running, so I walked over to her and asked her name and told her that I thought she really good runner (better than me at lest.) We talked for a bit and now she and I agreed to run on the weekends together as I live at school for the duration of the school week. After thinking about it more and more I realised the determination needed to run and be quite good at it with such a huge barrier in the way. I won’t lie I felt inspired. The next day, monday, I pulled a 6:43.4 minute 2k which is damn good in my book better than I thought I could do. I honestly think that seeing this girl work so hard when there is such a large wall in the way made me work harder. So thats what I experienced over the weekend I feel like I have a better understanding of what the word determination means now.

-Will