news that hit me in that moment that made all the difference. “sometimes it takes a while to figure out who you are,” he said. to give the illusion of it just being born, the trainer applied maple syrup to his coat. i carry water with me on half iron distance races anything shorter i don’t. so whenever we exhibit a degree of perfection we attract his attention and indeed draw closer to him in the process. i can drill that later for those knobs where an indicator is required. 