Running

Don and I started a running program yesterday. (If I say “running program” it sounds like a commitment, and I need this to be a commitment.)

No matter that the temp was in the 20s with serious wind taking it down into the teens. We were warm enough, and the psychological momentum of finally DOing it had us both geeked.

(Don was a Wisconsin state track star in high school. He still holds his high school record for the 220. So training in winter feels like old times to him.)

We were going to try to run indoors at Jenison Fieldhouse, but the indoor track is used by athletes for training until 6, too late for us. We were glad we started out in Jenison though, because we got to brush shoulders and reap some wind from the MSU tracksters heading for an outdoor run.

Do I want to be 19 again? NO WAY! Do I want to whip this almost-50-year-old body into shape? You bet!



We ran along the Red Cedar River and crossed the footbridge, both pictured here.

BTW, the photo of the woman running at the top, it’s not me! But it looks like it could be, doesn’t it?

Woman running photo in original context: http://www.runnersden.com/newsletters/rdnewsletter3.html

Red Cedar River photo in original context: members.tripod.com/ rorybear/pp2.html

Pedestrian bridge photo courtesy of the MSU Dept. of Chemistry: