The Rabbi's Birthday Present

Today in our races for the boys, Sanatan-whom I always call my rabbi-lost to me in the 50, 60 and 100-yard races. But then he got extra energy because it was his birthday, and he defeated me in the 1,500-metre race.
 
-27 June 1982 
  
 
 
[Source: "The Rabbi's Birthday Present" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 11, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1983.]