Doodle Snail Marathon

“A doodle snail has entered a doodle marathon and is currently in last place by such a distance that the finish line crew have packed up and gone home leaving just a single volunteer holding the tape who has been there for three days, a folding chair, a thermos, a crossword mostly completed, the snail still an enormous distance away but with an expression of absolute iron determination, a time clock still running in the background showing a number that has required extra digits, one spectator still there who simply respects it”