The Miles

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  • A
  • squadron
  • of
  • spectators
  • screamed
  • and
  • hooted,
  • and
  • Liam
  • could
  • feel
  • his
  • legs
  • lighten.
  • It
  • was
  • possible.
  • He
  • could
  • run
  • at
  • any
  • speed
  • now;
  • he
  • would
  • accelerate
  • and
  • accelerate
  • and
  • accelerate.
  • .
  • .When
  • Liam
  • Walker
  • joins
  • a
  • running
  • club
  • in
  • New
  • York
  • City,
  • it's
  • with
  • some
  • trepidation.
  • Liam
  • has
  • always
  • loved
  • running,
  • but
  • the
  • world
  • of
  • team
  • racing,
  • and
  • the
  • camaraderie
  • that
  • goes
  • with
  • it,
  • are
  • new
  • to
  • him.
  • Still,
  • after
  • years
  • of
  • stagnancy--working
  • for
  • the
  • same
  • magazine,
  • living
  • in
  • the
  • same
  • apartment,
  • and
  • jumping
  • from
  • one
  • short-term
  • boyfriend
  • to
  • another--he's
  • ready
  • to
  • try.At
  • the
  • club,
  • Liam
  • meets
  • athletes
  • of
  • every
  • stripe.
  • Some
  • are
  • fiercely
  • competitive,
  • others
  • more
  • interested
  • in
  • the
  • after-race
  • bagels
  • or
  • team
  • nights
  • out
  • partying.
  • The
  • revelations
  • on
  • the
  • track
  • hardly
  • compare
  • to
  • what
  • happens
  • off
  • it--the
  • romance
  • and
  • heartaches,
  • rivalries
  • and
  • injuries.
  • And
  • as
  • the
  • year
  • unfurls
  • leading
  • to
  • the
  • ultimate
  • challenge--the
  • New
  • York
  • City
  • Marathon--Liam
  • starts
  • to
  • realize
  • all
  • the
  • ways
  • in
  • which
  • life
  • is
  • measured
  • by
  • hills
  • and
  • valleys,
  • in
  • how
  • far
  • you're
  • willing
  • to
  • push
  • yourself,
  • and
  • in
  • who's
  • waiting
  • for
  • you
  • at
  • the
  • finish
  • line.
  • .
  • .Robert
  • Lennon
  • works
  • in
  • corporate
  • business
  • development
  • at
  • a
  • large
  • global
  • law
  • firm
  • and
  • is
  • a
  • former
  • president
  • of
  • Front
  • Runners
  • New
  • York--one
  • of
  • the
  • largest
  • LGBT
  • athletic
  • clubs
  • in
  • the
  • world.
  • A
  • former
  • journalist
  • for
  • The
  • American
  • Lawyer
  • magazine,
  • Rob
  • spends
  • much
  • of
  • his
  • time
  • writing.
  • As
  • an
  • avid
  • runner
  • who
  • has
  • completed
  • the
  • NYC
  • marathon
  • five
  • times,
  • Rob
  • fuses
  • his
  • talents
  • as
  • a
  • writer
  • and
  • a
  • runner
  • through
  • this
  • work.
  • Rob
  • has
  • a
  • Master's
  • Degree
  • in
  • Journalism
  • from
  • Columbia
  • University
  • and
  • a
  • BA
  • in
  • History
  • and
  • Psychology
  • from
  • Duke
  • University.
  • He
  • lives
  • in
  • Connecticut
  • with
  • his
  • partner,
  • Mark,
  • and
  • their
  • twin sons.
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