Ascend

While I am waiting for sir in the park he messages me and tells me to head to the carpark. I see his truck parked there and go over, he tells me to hop in and I do so. He tells me that we’re going to play a little game called fox and the hare, and that I am the hare. I am a little nervous at this point. Particularly when I realize where he is headed. There is a hill near the city (called a hill but its 5m shy of being a mountain) that is very popular for people to use to walk, run, jog, cycle and generally workout on. It also has a number of unsealed tracks that you can take to the summit. Sir pulls up near the start of one of these tracks and tells me I have a 5 min head start, if he catches me it will be 30 pushups for me, and if he gets back to the car more then 3mins ahead of me, I will be walking the 10k’s back to the park to get my car.

He says go and I jump out and start up the track, I am really nervous now, because not only do I not know the track so not sure how I should pace myself, but like I said this is a very popular track and there are heaps of people on it. So getting around them is very hard. I manage to push past a lot of people and earn a few nasty comments for my trouble but I am more concerned with the fact that there is a guy hot on my tail rather then pissing off strangers. The last part of the track is 5 full minutes of steep stairs. By the time I get to the top I am stuffed for not pacing myself properly since I had no idea of the upcoming terrain. I start down the hill on the road. I am walking at first cause I am still exhausted but since I know sir knows the track and is fitter then me he will probably be not far behind me so I force myself to start jogging. I manage to jog the whole way down. Can just see the car when I hear someone coming up behind me, I look over my shoulder and see sir coming up fast, I manage to put in one last sprint and make it to the car before he catches me. he tells me he is impressed and was sure that he would have been driving off without me, he tells me that we will be doing this again one time, but next time I will only have a 4 minute head start and I will be carrying weights.