I decide to take a longer run this morning. Through the flat land between the fields and meadows. The roads are long and straight, there is hardly any traffic. It is already 23 degrees, the sun is burning and the tour is difficult for me.
Then a Volvo approaches me in the distance. A red handkerchief flutters from the outside mirror. I sometimes doubt whether I can still sympathize with farmers’ campaigns. The driver has the window open and one elbow is leaning out. As the car passes me, the man yells in a taunting voice: “Hurry up slow.”
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A version of this article also appeared in the newspaper of August 8, 2022
