While I was running 21km today, 3 boys ran with me
I am a 32 yo lady who runs every morning before work. It’s sunday today and I decided to run a half marathon.
This morning, I saw a group of kids (around 12-16yo) walking ahead and having fun. I guessed that they are basketball players because of different colored jerseys. By that time, I was on 5km.
When I ran passed by the group, I noticed the 3 kids: one with curly hair, one small, one thin running behind my back and they’re following my pace.
They didn’t overtake me. Just run.
After 500m, I stopped and the small kid crashed on me haha
They walked ahead and when I passed by them, they ran again.
It’s like they made me their pacer 😂
I intentionally stopped on the side to check if they’ll stop and they did!
I can hear them breathing so fast trying to catch up
I asked the smallest kid while running if they’re basketball players or runners. He said basketball and he asked what I do. I said, I just run for fun.
After 2km, I stopped by a small vendor selling bread and bought 20 breads.
I looked at the back and the curly haired kid was on the other lane of me catching his breath and the 2 kids are still running towards us 😂
I ate one bread and gave the 19 breads to the curly haired kid and told them it’s their snacks.
They are soooo happy
I continued my run and when I turned back my route to go to another road, I saw the 3 kids eating bread while walking and when they passed by me they waved at me and called me “ATEEEEE” which means Big sister in our dialect.
I waved back and continued my run.