Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
Joe Hendersonwas an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than forty years Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth3 June 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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I felt that I needed to branch out, ... I enjoyed racing in Nashville but there's a limit as to how far you can go there.
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Yet the home courses are where you spend dozens to hundreds of hours a year. You must choose them well.
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When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can't make that time pass any faster by rushing, so you settle into a pace that feels right to you at the moment. Each minute above a quota is a little victory.
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The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve.
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Since Buzz joined my runs, I too have run more laps - slower and bigger ones than he might otherwise do, but laps just the same.
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Our bond is our shared status as retired racers. Before joining my family, he had a brief professional career - on the greyhound track.
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When instinct kicks in now, he bolts into high gear and dashes invisible laps for a minute or two before dropping back to my pace.
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His name, Buzz, fits. He can buzz along at 40 miles an hour when his genetic memory moves him.
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I was joking but he took responded seriously: 'I would know, and I couldn't live with myself knowing that I'd only run 97 miles or whatever.'
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Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail.
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Where did you run today? Now there's a question you don't often hear.
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Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do.
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Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do.
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These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd.