by JakeRivers
determined to become a great writer i see. well you are getting there. a fan always.
Your work always makes me smile and imagine the beauty you must see in your images as you write. Wonderful story.
writing the stories you write you are hard to touch.keep writing and thanks for good common sense stories.
What a great story. It was so different and yet it felt familiar at the same time. You did an excellent job of making your characters so realistic. They seemed like people I might actually know. Great writing. Thanks for sharing you growing talent with us.
of being in the zone, the feel of your muscles stretching and warming, the euphoria at the end when you know you've run your best and enjoyed doing it was right there with me as I read your story. Very impressive piece of work.
I'm not much of a runner Jack. If I ran to the corner they would have to call the squad. But your story was really good. Sounded so true to life. Congrads on another good one.
DG Hear
in writing. You are the King of realistic and descriptive prose. Pretty soon people are going to start to think I've got a crush on you! Great story... as always!
I enjoyed the story and the RUN, but the dream was an awesome touch to the end <grin nice write, good luck and happy lovers day
Art~
for telling me about this story Jake,I really enjoyed it.Amongst other things it brought long forgotten memories back to me,and it's nice to have a really loving story for a change.
Just wish that I could run like that again.
Thanks for taking the time to entertain us.
Mike from Texas
Jake,
I always enjoy your stories, because they really are stories and not just "run of the mill smut". This was another good one. Thanks for what you do.
Regards,
OldWayne
And ... you have a wonderful vocabulary .. it truly is a pleasure to read your stories.
I really enjoyed this one. My body won't let me run anymore - too many years of doing it in combat boots - It brought back memories of being "in the zone."
Thanks again for a good read
Once again, most heart warming and realistic for fiction... the 440 was my fav... in younger days when in a longer run, after 20 minutes of the run, it was like slipping into overdrive... I guess I felt like Forrest Gump in his neverending run - Yours truly, Ontos
after reading this, i encourage, please keep writing, , ,
cheers
What a nice story! You captured London quite well. I used to work there for one of the boroughs, and I spent a lot of time in some of the places you mentioned in your story.
A very gentle, well paced story. makes for pleasant reading. Except for the opening disseration on running detail (which we were warned about) I found it to be a good story indeed. 4*
Jake, you mostly wrote very good stories and I rate them highly, but I don't think this is one of them. I know many will disagree with me, but I just got exhausted with all the running and really, the story was too much of a travelogue for me. I guess I got bored but I'm not going to vote it down, Its just a matter of taste. Wish you had kept on writing for us.
Ken in Texas