Each Day Is a Gift

A very frustrating morning.  We had originally planned to run to Highland but the road was covered with a layer of black ice and slippery snow.  So Karen and I drove to the LC in her husband's jeep which was slip-sliding at every stop sign.  

There was only one TM available and we checked the mileages on the ones being used, most were under a mile, meaning the treadmills will not be opened up anytime soon.  Orange singlet guy (who usually finishes his run just before tread class) had only 2+ miles and packages of gu laying on the floor which means he's there for long run.  So we decided to run couple of miles on the track then go down to the front desk just before 9am to get a tread class pass (because the staff will not give out passes until 9am).  The track was crowded and to make matter worse, one of the lanes was blocked off with "wet floor" signs.  After several laps and it was obvious that the floor was dry, we gathered up the signs.  Then after 2.25 miles we went down to get our pass at 8:55.  The girl who must be a new staff, apologetically said she has mistakenly given out the passes early and there are no more passes.  This made us SO MAD!!!!  We went back up to the cardio room to see if by chance any TM is available...no such luck.  Aaarrrgggh!!! 

We went back down stair to ask for someone with the authority to come change the flow of traffic/direction on the track.  After much complaining and waiting, we went back up to run on the track, hoping the staff would get the permission to come change the directional arrow.  After couple of laps, the staff pulled us over to inform us that the person with the authority would not give permission to change direction.  Of course, we knew that would be the case.  We have already tried and wrote Dan, who is in charge of the rec. center and doesn't ever come on Fri. with ZERO response.  This is so frustrating.  The staff made an even more absurd suggestion that we go down and run around the basketball court!  It is obvious that the staffs and those in charge are not runners!  Grrrrr!!!!

So back on the track we ran.  By now, the track is like grand central station!  At one point I bumped my left arm/shoulder into a pillar/post that was on the building outside wall as I was trying to pass on the outside lane as the inside lanes were clogged up by walkers 3-4 across and a mother veered her stroller into my lane probably attempting to pass.  I was glad that at least it is not the same arm that got the HepAB shot...so now I'm running with bilateral sore arms! :/  I should mention that I've been taken out by strollers and toddlers and nearly collided with little boys who would sprint out in front of me when they saw me coming and then only to come to a sudden stop when they ran out of steam. 

We called it quit after 64+ laps.   Got locked out of my home because I forgot to bring house key and did not know the PIN to our new garage door.  So Karen took me home where she fed me lunch! :)