Humbled again

Yeah! We have all forgotten what we were able to do when we were kids and how effortless it was. Let me tell you about the similar event. We have this "Swim/Run Series" (organized by the local tri race company) every Tuesday. This is kind of a training/racing with chip timing, etc. The distances increase every month. The other day we were swimming 600 meters and running 2.5 miles. And there was this 15 year old kid. He came out of the water after 9 min - 3 min before anybody else. And when I told one of my racing bodies, how fast this kid's swim was, he said: "How about his running? I bet he was slow, because of the hard effort during the swim..." I looked at the results - his pace was 5:39/mile. I wondered how much the kid swims and runs ... Maybe a lot ... maybe not ... I've been diligently training for quite a while now, but I am not even near his performance.
So you are right - it is a nice motivation, but also it is very humbling...

But you probably made that kid's whole week.  He's probably boasting to all his friends about how he 'raced that bike-guy'. 

I bet you could beat him arm wrestling!

I take my boys out with me for speedwork. I have a little slowtwitch guy who can go all day at his own pace and a speed demon rabbit who runs 6 minute miles without breathing hard at 8! I am hoping they take up running but right now they just like racing Mom and, most of the time, beating her.