Running slowly

Occasionally I would see a runner going at a snail's pace.  I thought to myself, with a slightly condescending grin, I could *walk* faster than that.  Today, as I struggled to finish my last 9 minutes, with my foot and leg hurting, I realized that I was going perhaps at a walk-pace.  I finally understood the difference between running and walking, and why the slow runners are to be given more credit than I had been giving them.

Most other times I would look at runners and simply think that they are insane masochists.  That viewpoint hasn't actually changed since I started running.  :)