JUL-A-14

ONE MIS-DIRECTED RESPONSE TO MY

MCRUN LETTER TO THE LIST

From: Glenn Geelhoed

To: "LavrichC@usa.redcross.org".IA4GW.Harper

Date: 7/10/01 6:45PM

Subject: RE: And, on another, lighter, brighter note....

>>> "Lavrich, Carol" <LavrichC@usa.redcross.org> 07/10/01 06:34PM >>>

For those who don't know the intrepid Dr. Geelhoed who can be found doing

surgery on occasion at GWU, if not flying around the world doing marathons

or working with Doctors without Borders in remote Third World countries, let

me introduce him. I saw him at least once running slower with a blind

runner in tow down the Ken-Gar trail this winter. Hopefully, Glenn will

shame the rest of us into performing such acts of complete kindness on a

more routine basis since he is not even in town most of the time, and find

the kind of humility that he has found to take care of others who need our

help instead of thinking about ourselves and our own running vanity

constantly.

We are all lucky that we have the complete use of our bodies to perform such

an activity as running---others don't. Think about it.

Carol

You are too kind--and the generosity may be mis-directed depending on who is "tow-er" and who is "tow-ee!"

Maybe such mellow moments only come after a special event such as a week when I have "doubled up" on grandsons!

I used to deny the nobility of my Guide Runner status--it is one of my most enjoyable running ambitions--but I no longer do: I think it is very noble of Joe to pull me up the hills that, unseen, do not intimidate him!

And, now, after one long PtP pre-dawn run together on Friday, I am off to Ladakh in the Himalayas!

GWG

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