It had been five years since Rock last ran in a road race, but he entered a 5K at the last minute in a small town's city square. He completed the paper work late and started at least a hundred yards behind the field.
Rock recognized with his first steps that he was very fit and seemingly as fast as he had been at his peak, thirty-five years earlier. He passed most of the slower runners in the first minute or two and held hope that he might catch the leaders.
The only matter to somewhat stymy his effort was the slickness of the wet brick streets. He had trouble with traction on any but straight and level sections of the course but otherwise felt great, indeed indefatigable.
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