Racer

The screen at the top of the stadium changed, the bottom line now reading 'John Shelly - DNF'

John kept 'running', forcing me to keep up with him, not that it was hard.

"I'm still going!" He insisted through heavy breaths.

"It's been three hours since the last finisher, and you're still got a dozen laps!"

"I'm going to finish, you're going to record it, I insist."

I threw up my hands and changed it back, the clock not stopping so we could continue.

The next morning, every other racer tested positive for illegal drugs, our doping scientist Martha Porter-Shelly reported.