Day 26: Spinning our Wheels

Hello!  Whether you like it or not, I am your guest writer today.  My name is Ben, and I've been running with Athena and Kendra on Wednesdays and Saturdays.  They have been getting better and better... And apparently when I only run two days a week, it's infrequent enough that I notice their increase in pace.  But, I'm excited for them because they are sticking to it... and they certainly motivate me!  I have Wednesdays off from work, and I'm telling you, running in the cold (actually, running in of itself) at 5:15 in the morning would NOT be on the top of my priority list.  So thanks you two for the motivation!

This morning's run was borderline insane.  We started at the track, then ran out through town past Kendra's grandmas house, and made a turn around in the roundabout of an apartment complex.  We made our way back to the track where we had parked our vehicles.  This all doesn't sound too bad, except the fact that it was QUITE icy.  It is pretty amazing that none of us fell, as I know that all of us slipped multiple times on the sidewalks.  In fact, at times, we felt like we were "spinning our wheels," going nowhere fast as with each step, our foot would slip out from beneath us.  Not only was there ice, but also piles of snow to leap over, puddles to stomp through (camouflage puddles mind you), making our feet not only cold, but also wet.  Some parts had to be walked because they were so slippery!

I noticed that girls make funny sounds when they slip.  There's these little "whoop", "ahhack", "iiiip!", and other random noises that I heard coming out of the girls' mouths.  It entertained me though, and as I slipped and said, "Whooo!" I realized that maybe guys make funny sounds too, haha.  Overall, the run was certainly adventurous, perhaps a bit dangerous, but of course fun.  The only problem was on narrow, slippery sidewalks, we weren't able to talk much because at best we could run two by two, but lots of parts we were single file.  Also, we discovered that taking our eyes off of where our feet were landing was sometimes risky business indeed!

With the conditions slowing us down (which ironically made a run through town into more of a cross training run) our time was a bit slower than other runs.  We ran 3.5 miles (according to my truck) in about 40 minutes.  Tomorrow, I'll be safely working, while the girls go at it yet again!

 Posted by Ben ><>