28 Hours: Chapter One
Well. I don't know that I will finish this. Lord knows I have little time these days and no motivation to complete the simplest of tasks at times. But, as I sit here working another Moosday (Monday-Tuesdays that run together in one long 48 hour day from 8-4pm, nap, work 11pm to sometime Tuesday, usually 4pm...) I am caught up in the idea of NaNoWriMo. National Novel Writing Month. Who knew it was still around? I first took part in it when I was still in high school. 50,000 words in 30 days. So. Here is the start of a potential novel. It's a fine line between fiction and reality. Given that I am two days late in starting, I am writing it as 28 days. But in the story, it is 28 hours of a runner on the race course. Each chapter I write is one hour on the trail. This is the roughest of rough drafts, so hopefully it does not read too harshly. Also, I have not written in many, many years. Forgive my rustiness. Here is the beginning: Chapter One: The Starting Line Th