1/2/2010 Chapter 2
"Ladies, I would like to introduce your coach, Dr. Abe Little", said assistant Warden, Max Dentry to the collection of approximately twenty inmates who were sitting on a variety of chairs that had been brought into the meeting room.
Abe, slowly got up and walked to the front of the room. Scanning the attendees he wondered to himself what was he getting into. They must have that this was for weight loss not running a marathon.
"Thanks, Mr. Dentry", Abe started off. "Glad you all showed up. As you know, the idea of this program is to train you all to run a marathon-26 miles-in the next six months. Seems the Governor thinks it will do you all some good and be good PR for him so he is giving us a special opportunity to prove him right. I don't know too much about very much, but I can train you to finish a marathon if you're willing to put in the work. It won't be easy and many of you will fail." There was a lot of shifting coming from the plastic chairs.
"But those of you that stick with it and get a little lucky can do this." Abe continued.
"Twenty six miles is a long way, darn we can't even run no 26 feet." said Gail, a large woman standing along one wall, her facility-issued outfit technically covering her but failing to actually fit her.
"Yeah, we'll start where ever you are, can't ask you to do something your body can't do. But if you do a little more each day, eventually, you'll be able to do this. Your body won't like it at first. You probably will hate it. You body will hurt in places you never thought it could. You'll get blisters and chafing in places, ummmm, in some pretty private places. But you can fight though it if you want to. Some of you will give up but some of you won't. I don't know which of you belong to which group, I won't try to guess. I'll assume you all will complete the training but won't be surprised when anyone quits."
"As you know," Dentry interrupted, "anyone who signs up for the program gets extra chores to pay for the privilege and even if you quit the program, you continue with the chores for the duration." Mild grumbling was heard from the group. "This isn't going to be no recess for you, you're going to work and hurt. If you don't think you can make it, you can leave now".
No one left.
"Ladies, I would like to introduce your coach, Dr. Abe Little", said assistant Warden, Max Dentry to the collection of approximately twenty inmates who were sitting on a variety of chairs that had been brought into the meeting room.
Abe, slowly got up and walked to the front of the room. Scanning the attendees he wondered to himself what was he getting into. They must have that this was for weight loss not running a marathon.
"Thanks, Mr. Dentry", Abe started off. "Glad you all showed up. As you know, the idea of this program is to train you all to run a marathon-26 miles-in the next six months. Seems the Governor thinks it will do you all some good and be good PR for him so he is giving us a special opportunity to prove him right. I don't know too much about very much, but I can train you to finish a marathon if you're willing to put in the work. It won't be easy and many of you will fail." There was a lot of shifting coming from the plastic chairs.
"But those of you that stick with it and get a little lucky can do this." Abe continued.
"Twenty six miles is a long way, darn we can't even run no 26 feet." said Gail, a large woman standing along one wall, her facility-issued outfit technically covering her but failing to actually fit her.
"Yeah, we'll start where ever you are, can't ask you to do something your body can't do. But if you do a little more each day, eventually, you'll be able to do this. Your body won't like it at first. You probably will hate it. You body will hurt in places you never thought it could. You'll get blisters and chafing in places, ummmm, in some pretty private places. But you can fight though it if you want to. Some of you will give up but some of you won't. I don't know which of you belong to which group, I won't try to guess. I'll assume you all will complete the training but won't be surprised when anyone quits."
"As you know," Dentry interrupted, "anyone who signs up for the program gets extra chores to pay for the privilege and even if you quit the program, you continue with the chores for the duration." Mild grumbling was heard from the group. "This isn't going to be no recess for you, you're going to work and hurt. If you don't think you can make it, you can leave now".
No one left.
