left turn running…in march?
yep, i opted to run indoors today. the temps outdoors were around ten degrees and honestly – i didn’t feel much like running in it. i met dana over at the pettit center and got started at about 6:15AM. it was tough getting started but once we got going it was sort of bearable. one of the hockey rinks was hosting a short track speedskating meet – like what you see at the winter olympics. i guess i shouldn’t complain about running laps because those skaters make many more turns in the same amount of time on a hockey rink.
as time went on, the track got more and more crowded. seemed others had the same sentiment as us. we noticed a guy walk in wearing a seattle seahawks bandana who we remembered from a month or two ago. he had insisted on running on the inside lane and wouldn’t move to the outside of the track to let faster runners pass…which would be polite. he (of course) was wearing an ipod and seemed to be in his own world. eventually we got his attention and he begrudgingly moved over. near the end of his run he sprinted past us, i guess to show his dissatisfaction.
we didn’t have to say anything to him today but i just about doubled over as we were about to pass him. dana turned to me and made a comment about swiping his seahawk bandana and said "we’re faster than him…right?" (…and no, we didn’t swipe it…)
as the story above demonstrates, we kept ourselves entertained as best as we could under the circumstances. it isn’t much fun running indoors but it is better than freezing outside or taking a "zero" for miles. we ended up with 2 hours which i’ll call 15 miles.