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You know how you meet those people, fall in love with them, and never see them again?
Well that happened to me today.

I went for a run, minding my own business and in the running mindset. I passed a man, running in the opposite direction, we passed each other and exchanged a smile.
About a mile later, I got a pretty bad cramp in my side and had to stop and walk. After a few feet of walking, I hear someone behind me ask, "not feeling too well today?"
It was the same man I passed before.
He wasn't strikingly good-looking, but as soon as he asked me this simple question, something changed.
We talked for a while - I never found out how old he was but it didn't matter.
He asked about my run, my day, and then told me about his adventures with the Boston Marathon and gave me advice on my marathon plans.
He told me his name was Colin, I told him my name, and he told me it was very nice to meet me and he'd probably see me running around town somewhere again.
Then we went in different directions.

It was about five minutes, but five minutes certainly not wasted.
And after we parted, my cramp was gone.