With the fourth mile behind him, Josh found it was nothing to push himself for five miles, and that became his daily routine. Daily he would run to Chad’s house, where his lover would join him—by bike—and they’d race each other to Byrd Park before circling back and heading for Josh’s place. “I should ride beside you during the 10K,” Chad joked. “You run best when you’re trying to catch me.”
“There is no try,” Josh said. “Do or do not, as the Muppet says. I always get you in the end.”
It was Chad’s idea to download the 10K course map off the internet when he thought Josh needed a change of pace. At first, Josh didn’t think that was a very good idea. “It’s all downtown,” he pointed out. “Cars and bikes everywhere. I’ll get killed.”
“Cars and bikes and pedestrians,” Chad pointed out. “Hell
