​Vladimir Martinovski (Macedonia)

​PERSONAL BESTS
 
In an Olympic year
I broke at least
seven personal bests:
 
1. Meeting with a mama bear:
my bicycle in a flash turned into
a racing motorcycle.
 
2. Meeting with a snake:
jumping as high as the first
cumulonimbus in sight.
 
3. Meeting with a liar:
taking flight to the farthest
hidden truth.
 
4. A race with time:
chasing after thirty
final deadlines
 
5. Fighting yourself:
five knockouts of my ego
in the first round.
 
6. Meeting with a baby:
a sprinting dive to
the real me.
 
7. Meeting with you:
a heart-rate that no living soul
can ever measure!

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