Caught by Surprise

They started the race at least two minutes early. Believe me, my New York time I always keep perfect, and I had got the New York time transferred into Greek time. But they started at least two minutes early.
 
Many people were surprised. They were just chatting and all of a sudden they heard a sound: "Boom!" Many people were murmuring, "It is not time, it is not time." But we ran.
 
-7 October 1979 
 

 
[Source: "Caught by Surprise" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 2, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1979.]