The Last Shall Be First

I’m a member of the Colorado Master’s Running Association. I joined the club about four years ago and love the monthly Saturday morning races. Of course, usuallyI run. However, last Saturday I volunteered to staff a water station for the 10k race along a river trail. I was the only volunteer at a water table about 2 miles into the race. My job was to fill cups of water and offer them to the runners as they passed.

Here came the leaders some twelve or thirteen minutes into the race. None of...