http://tateeskew.com/categories/trail-running/Recent content in Trail Running on Tate EskewHugoen-usTate EskewWed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000http://tateeskew.com/weblog/2025-12-03-im-gettin-too-old-to-do-that/Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000http://tateeskew.com/weblog/2025-12-03-im-gettin-too-old-to-do-that/<h2 id="the-age-behind-the-words">The Age Behind the Words</h2> <p>There is a moment, somewhere in the middle years, when you hear yourself say it.</p> <p><em>I&rsquo;m gettin&rsquo; too old to do that</em>.</p> <p>It comes out quiet, almost courteous, the way someone excuses themselves from a conversation they are still listening to. But tucked inside those words is a small surrender, the kind that happens before anyone else notices. A door that you close from the inside.</p>