My Ft. Lauderdale experience32
Many, many years ago I was a marathon runner. My best performance was 3:55:07. I ran twenty-two marathons, and I also did ultramarathons.Once when I was in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, I went out to run in the evening, because the New York City Marathon was fast approaching. I ran four or five miles, or even more.
Then I was very, very hungry, so I went to a restaurant. They would not allow me to enter because I was wearing running shorts that were high above my knee. I went from one to two to at least three different restaurants, and they did not allow me to eat. I was very, very hungry, but they did not honour my outfit. They said, “No, no, no, no!” Then I came back to the place where I was staying, tired, hot and hungry. That was my Ft. Lauderdale experience!
The tennis champion Chris Evert comes from Ft. Lauderdale. Once I went to see her tennis court, where she practised. She was not playing at that time, but I went to see her court only to offer my admiration to her.
32. 14 October 2005, Aspiration-Ground, Jamaica, New York.↩
