WE'RE NOT NERVOUS, WE'RE READY
UNTIL YOU'VE LINED UP AT THE START LINE, all you've see are pictures and video. A bunch of people, dressed for success, looking like they're about to have fun...
... and then you get there for the first time.
The energy is overwhelming.
Everyone's emotions all over the place.
It's hard to put your finger on it,
but you're pretty sure a bomb is about to go off.
People could die.
Time passes,
races come and go,
we get the hang of it all.
What once was shared panic and terror...
- soaring heart rates
- making the Sign of the Cross
- straining to hold bladders and colons back
... doubts haunting every corner of the soul.
Now it's simply priceless entertainment that calms us.
We look over the unwashed,
cooly observing with glee.
We aren't nervous..
... we are ready!
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