Ok, so after (or rather, during) a somewhat amusing morning, I am feeling the need to blog. Sometimes I look at my life as an athlete, and am simply amused. Right now, I am at Logan airport, waiting to board my flight to London. (Yay!) An hour and 41 minutes ago, I was pulling my butt off in a single. (Thanks to Alexis for getting me to the airport so speedily!) I thought to myself this morning, as I lugged my suitcase to the boathouse in my neon spandex, "What normal person would do this??"
As soon as I heard coach Tom say "done" as I crossed the finish line, I stopped and docked rather than paddling it out for a few minutes. That hurt. :P So, once at the airport, although showered and clean, my body was screaming for some cooldown action. So, I considered a few options:
1 - I could run around the airport in my sweater, converse, and jeans. But, this would require running with my bags, since they will be mistaken for a bomb if I leave them unattended. Also, running with 50+ pounds of extra weight sounds more like an extra workout rather than a cooldown.
2 - I have a jump-rope. I could jump rope. But, a twenty-six year old woman flinging a rope in the air and jumping up and down in non athletic attire might draw slightly more attention than I'm willing to attract. I do have some limits. Not to mention, I might whack someone in the face, which would probably make the whackee quite unhappy, and might somehow get me kicked off my flight for assaulting a passenger.
3 - This past summer, when I raced at Club Nationals in Tennessee, I had to pull a similar stunt, of racing to the airport immediately after racing a 2k. At that time, I had a jump-rope with me, but felt similarly scandalized by the idea of jumping rope in an airport. Even though that time, I did have on athletic gear. But, I was desperate to get my blood flowing, so, I went to the ladies' room, and jumped up and down in a stall. I felt a little bad about it, because the toilet was on auto-flush, so, confused by my motion, it kept flushing. Not my finest moment as an environmentalist.
Anyway, I wasn't feeling the bathroom-stall-hop today, so instead, I opted to do some squats in a corner. And some stretching. While texting friends and laughing audibly. There is now an older man with glasses that keeps looking over at me with a slightly amused smile. Now I am sitting with my laptop, really having to pee, but also wanting water and coffee, but unwilling to get up and risk losing my little corner, of which I have grown so fond...
Oh, would you look at that! Boarding has begun. Time to fly...!
As soon as I heard coach Tom say "done" as I crossed the finish line, I stopped and docked rather than paddling it out for a few minutes. That hurt. :P So, once at the airport, although showered and clean, my body was screaming for some cooldown action. So, I considered a few options:
1 - I could run around the airport in my sweater, converse, and jeans. But, this would require running with my bags, since they will be mistaken for a bomb if I leave them unattended. Also, running with 50+ pounds of extra weight sounds more like an extra workout rather than a cooldown.
2 - I have a jump-rope. I could jump rope. But, a twenty-six year old woman flinging a rope in the air and jumping up and down in non athletic attire might draw slightly more attention than I'm willing to attract. I do have some limits. Not to mention, I might whack someone in the face, which would probably make the whackee quite unhappy, and might somehow get me kicked off my flight for assaulting a passenger.
3 - This past summer, when I raced at Club Nationals in Tennessee, I had to pull a similar stunt, of racing to the airport immediately after racing a 2k. At that time, I had a jump-rope with me, but felt similarly scandalized by the idea of jumping rope in an airport. Even though that time, I did have on athletic gear. But, I was desperate to get my blood flowing, so, I went to the ladies' room, and jumped up and down in a stall. I felt a little bad about it, because the toilet was on auto-flush, so, confused by my motion, it kept flushing. Not my finest moment as an environmentalist.
Anyway, I wasn't feeling the bathroom-stall-hop today, so instead, I opted to do some squats in a corner. And some stretching. While texting friends and laughing audibly. There is now an older man with glasses that keeps looking over at me with a slightly amused smile. Now I am sitting with my laptop, really having to pee, but also wanting water and coffee, but unwilling to get up and risk losing my little corner, of which I have grown so fond...
Oh, would you look at that! Boarding has begun. Time to fly...!
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