Character Swap

This prompt is brought to you by the ramblings of my mind during my half marathon:

Choose a scene from your life (memoir style) and insert one of your characters in your place.

Enjoy!

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My response:

"Why would any sane person want to run 13 miles all at once?" Emmaleen thought.  The first few weren't so bad, actually, and she'd followed her training regimen religiously.  But now, at ten plus miles, it was getting old.

"What's the point of this?" She argued with herself.

"To DO it.  To say you DID IT.  Because you CAN."

The lazy half of her was really getting annoyed with the ambitious half.  Still, the ambitious half had a point.  Unlike the young man in the wheelchair (who kept passing her back and forth - how embarrassing!), she actually had two working legs, two good feet, and she ought to be grateful for them.  And really, to get ten miles done and quit after all her training seemed like a race.

Her feet thudded against the ground in time with her chant.  "Just finish.  Just finish."

Just finish? 

What were the rules on that, precisely?  She just had to cross the finish line to collect her medal, right?

A small grin flashed across her lips. 

Street signs are actually quite large when you see them up close, and that large, orange construction sign looked a lot like her sled at home.  Emmaleen reached out with her Talent and yanked the sign from its foundation.  She brought it to hover in front of her and climbed on.  For a moment, she lay her cheek down against the sun-warmed metal.  Her pulse pounded through every inch of her body.  She sighed. 

Then she looked up, and the sign shot forward, carrying her with it.  She crossed the finish line two minutes later, setting a personal record.