Then you have no idea what you're missing. Merely mile after mile of some of the prettiest, toughest, weirdest trails you've ever run on. The trails are well marked, but don't wear your new shoes because you'll regularly find yourself slogging through mud and gunk. Seeing Harrison Hensley back winning age-group awards after a year or two of fighting injury and pain. And belated congratulations to Anne Gault for being named acting director of the Crim Festival of Races.
Good things do happen to good people, at least once in a while.
And, finally, since we're being generous, it's even nice to have stupidity to laugh at and brighten up our mornings. I refer to Bob Wojnowski's columns on the recent Olympics in the Detroit News, particularly in reference to Michael Johnson. Though a column on Donovan Bailey provided a clue that perhaps this was one commentator who hadn't done much homework getting ready for the games. After Bailey broke the world record in the 100 meters and won a gold medal for Canada, Wojnowski wrote that it was the quickest ascent to stardom in track history, one lasting 9.84 seconds, and that Bailey would no longer have to introduce himself to an unknowing world. The guy is a superstar in track and field.