So, the year is starting to wind down, the days are starting to get shorter, and the warm summer weather has been cooling off towards autumn for a while now.... And what does all that mean?
Well, for starters, it means that my wife doesn't want me biking after work. She says it's too dangerous, in the dark. To encourage me to see things her way, she invited me to join her at the gym, and try spinning, or jogging on the indoor track.
Now, I'll tell you something: the one thing I can't stand more than anything else in the world is an exercise bike. They don't move. Bikes are supposed to go somewhere. I had to decline her offer on the spinning.
I could not, however, find a good excuse to back out of the jogging. And so I found myself on an indoor track, jogging laps alongside my wife. You may remember that I have tried this before.
That last time didn't work out so well. I'm not a very good runner, and my wife has been jogging for years. Usually, when we try to go running together, I end up gasping for breath, with a stitch in my side, while my wife keeps smiling through lap after lap. From my end of that, it isn't pretty.
To make a long story short, I went to the gym with her, running shoes in hand, and hit the track. As usual, it was a matter of pride. Could I really let my wife outrun me?
And as usual, she did. One of these days, I'll get her on a bike, and then the tables will turn, but until then, I'll just keep running every winter.
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