Lane Four Precision

The flashcards from this morning inspired me to find an actual running track. I guided my green-and-white soccer ball down the sidewalk past the school gates until reaching the broad red oval. Climbing onto the lowest wooden bench of the bleachers, I looked down at the bright white lane lines stretching around the bend. I placed my ball neatly on the top painted stripe of lane four. With a calm, deliberate tap of my inner shoe, I nudged it along the curved chalk boundary. It tracked the painted arc with remarkable precision, rolling smoothly without crossing into lane three before settling against a dropped red baton.